Tonight, I am sitting in my home in Scotland watching a film.
No one is outside with a JCB trying to demolish my home, my neighbours' homes, the school.
A foreign army is not throwing stun grenades at my neighbours, adults and children alike.
No one is firing live rounds at my friends and family.
And yet, I am afraid; not for me, but for humanity.
Gestern in der Region #MasaferYatta in der von #Israel besetzten #Westbank, nur wenige Kilometer in der vor ein paar Tagen der Co-Regisseur Hamdan Bilal von #NoOtherLand von Siedlern zusammengeschlagen und anschließend verhaftet wurde, im Dorf Jinba gab es gestern einen Pogrom. Siedler griffen einen Schafhirten & seine Herde an, dann attackierten sie in Dorf die Einwohner und deren Eigentum. Anschließend rückte das Militär an und verhaftete sämtliche männlichen Einwohner.
Il reçoit un Oscar à Los Angeles.
Quelques jours plus tard, il est passé à tabac par des colons israéliens, puis arrêté, ensanglanté, devant son fils de 7 ans.
En Palestine, tenir une caméra, c’est déjà un acte de résistance.
Solidarité avec le peuple palestinien et avec celles et ceux qui ne se taisent pas, qui filment « ce qu’ils savent, ce qu’ils voient, ce qui est vrai ».
À lire ici : https://lesmutins.org/israel-a-tout-prix
More craven cowardice from US institutions...
Report: US academy blasted for silence after settler, soldier attacks on film maker.
The US Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences failed to voice support, reportedly saying the attack may have been “unrelated to the film”.
But a co-director said ""Issuing a statement condemning the attack would send a meaningful message and serve as a deterrent for the future"
Report Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary, No Other Land, was brutally attacked by West Bank settlers and then detained by the Israeli military.
He has since been released
Basel Adra, another co-director, witnessed the detention: “We came back from the Oscars and every day since, there is an attack on us."
https://aje.io/k016y8?update=3600244
#NoOtherLand #israelicrimesagainsthumanity #westbank #ethniccleansing #uspol .
According to Al Jazeera Hamdan Ballal was released by the soldiers after being held for 24 hours.
They did not tend to his wounds and kept in freezing conditions while the made fun of his injuries all night.
According to friends of Ballal's who were with him at the time he was initially badly beaten by settlers. They called an ambulance to tend to Ballal's injuries and during the ride the ambulance was pulled over by soldiers who abducted the Oscard award winning film maker.
He was not heard from for 24 hours.
"Hamdan Ballal and two other Palestinians left a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, where they were being held on Tuesday. Ballal had bruises on his face and blood on his clothes.
The three had spent the night on the floor of a military base while suffering from serious injuries sustained in the attack"
I suspect the international outcry had something to do with it. Otherwise...
Ballal, co-regisseur van "No Other Land", is na een brutale aanval bij Susya gewelddadig meegenomen (lees gekidnapped) door Israëlische soldaten.
Nederland staat op het punt een defensieverdrag te ondertekenen dat het Israëlische oorlogsapparaat verder versterkt en financiert. Dit verdrag maakt Nederland direct medeplichtig aan ernstige mensenrechtenschendingen. Teken nu de petitie en eis dat de Eerste Kamer ingrijpt!
https://campagnes.degoedezaak.org/campaigns/geen-defensieverdrag-met-israel
La #LDH s’alarme du lynchage par des colons israéliens en #Cisjordanie occupée de #HamdanBallal, coréalisateur de #NoOtherLand, puis son arrestation. La communauté internationale doit se mobiliser : RDV 19h ce soir à Paris devant le ciné Luminor (Hôtel de ville). https://www.liberation.fr/international/moyen-orient/hamdan-ballal-corealisateur-du-film-oscarise-no-other-land-attaque-par-des-colons-israeliens-et-arrete-20250324_455XW7TNZJDYFOBRGXDPLI62VU/
Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-Winning Palestinian Co-Director of 'No Other Land' Kidnapped by Israeli Soldiers!! #HamdanBallal, #NoOtherLand
Maybe #humanrights have a higher digital value, if the hashtags #movies,#film or #games are attached (...)
Kein Lebenszeichen von #HamdanBallal #NoOtherLand
"Zwei Co-Regisseure von Hamdan Ballals Film „No Other Land“ sowie eine Aktivistengruppe vor Ort berichteten, dass die Angreifer Ballals Haus angriffen und ihn dem israelischen Militär übergaben.
(...)
Ballal wurde bei dem Angriff verletzt und angeblich von Soldaten festgenommen, bevor er seine Verletzungen behandeln lassen konnte. Laut CJNV wurden auch zwei weitere palästinensische Männer aus Susiya festgenommen. Ein Vertreter des israelischen Verteidigungsministeriums reagierte nicht auf die Bitte von Rolling Stone um einen Kommentar.
Fünf jüdisch-amerikanische Aktivisten von CJNV sagten, sie hätten auf den Angriff reagiert und ihn beobachtet. In einem Gespräch mit The Guardian sagten sie, die israelischen Siedler hätten Ballal in sein Haus gejagt und dem Militär übergeben. In Ballals Haus hätten sie Blut auf dem Boden gefunden, das, wie ein Familienmitglied sagte, von einem Schlag auf den Kopf stammte.
„Die Siedler zerstörten sein Auto mit Steinen und schlitzten einen der Reifen auf“, fügte ein Zeuge hinzu. „Alle Fenster und Windschutzscheiben waren zerbrochen.“
https://www.rollingstone.de/no-other-land-filmemacher-hamdan-ballal-angeblich-kein-lebenszeichen-2942279/
@palestine @israel
Report The Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary, No Other Land, has been bashed by West Bank settlers, then detained & disappeared by Israel. His lawyer doesn't know where he is.
Hamdan Ballal was one of three detained.
Basel Adra, another co-director, witnessed the detention: “We came back from the Oscars and every day since, there is an attack on us."
https://aje.io/k016y8?update=3600244
#NoOtherLand #israelicrimesagainsthumanity #westbank #ethniccleansing #uspol .
A co-director of the Oscar-winning film “No Other Land,” Hamdan Ballal, was attacked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and taken away by Israeli soldiers, according to his co-director and eyewitnesses. Read more from @CNN
https://flip.it/c_8PxY
#NoOtherLand #Oscar #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank
If anything our teachers wanted us to learn in my not-so-flawless art academy is that being a filmmaker, like being a journalist, comes with significant social responsibility. Every frame you choose is a political act.
That is why I have immense respect for filmmakers who stay authentic to their truth regardless. This is the only way to justify the existence of this art.
#Palestine / Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker attacked by settler mob, detained by military
Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal, who recently won an Oscar for "No Other Land," was attacked by settlers in the occupied West Bank, suffering head and stomach injuries. Israeli soldiers reportedly removed him from an ambulance while receiving treatment. His current whereabouts and condition remain unknown.
His co-director Yuval Abraham reported the attack, describing it as a "lynching." According to witnesses, dozens of settlers attacked Palestinian residents, destroyed property, and fled when soldiers arrived.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-03-24/ty-article/.premium/palestinian-director-of-no-other-land-attacked-by-settler-mob-arrested-by-idf/00000195-c980-da24-affd-fba4541a0000 or https://archive.is/CoSVP
https://xcancel.com/yuval_abraham/status/1904235552620339365
@palestine
@israel
#apartheid #OccupiedWestBank
#NoOtherLand #FreePalestine #HumanRights
‘No Other Land’ Filmmaker Beaten and Detained, Claims Co-Director and Activist Group
#MovieNews #Movies #Documentaries #International #Nootherland
