An Oscar-winning director was attacked and abducted in “revenge” for highlighting the plight of displaced Palestinians in the West Bank, his colleagues have claimed.
Hamdan Ballal, co-director of ‘No Other Land’, was attending a gathering for the end of the daily Ramadan fast near Hebron on Monday, when a group of settlers reportedly attacked. Ballal was dragged from an ambulance by the mob, according to co-director Yuval Abraham. Israeli police arrested three men, including Ballal, who was injured during the clashes.