Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian director beaten by Israeli settlers, is now released

Hamdan Ballal, an Oscar-winning Palestinian co-director of No Other Land, is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba on Tuesday, a day after being detained by the Israeli army following an attack by Jewish settlers.

Hamdan Ballal, who won an Oscar for No Other Land about Palestinians under Israeli occupation, was attacked by Israeli settlers and later detained by the Israeli military, witnesses tell NPR.

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