Ballal, one of the co-directors of ‘No Other Land’, a non-fiction film that won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, was assaulted by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area in southern West Bank, and was later arrested by Israeli forces
Oscar-nominated actor Mark Ruffalo has condemned the detention of Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal by the Israeli Defense Forces. Ballal, one of the co-directors of No Other Land, a non-fiction film that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature at the recent Academy Awards, was assaulted by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area in Southern West Bank on Tuesday. He was later arrested by Israeli forces.