Oscar-winning Palestinian director of ‘No Other Land’ released from Israeli detention after being assaulted

Yuval Abrahamjournalist

A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal, co-director of our film No Other Land. They beat him and he has injuries in his head and stomach, bleeding,

Abraham said in a post

We don’t know where Hamdan is because he was taken away in a blindfold,

Josh Kimelman, one of the activists who was at the scene, told The Associated Press news agency

Soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took him. No sign of him since,

he added

We told them that they attacked us,

Kimelman told CNN

We tried to retreat to the car, and they hit me with sticks,

she told CNN,

Yuval Abrahamjournalist

We made this film, Palestinians and Israelis, because together our voices are stronger. We see each other,

Abraham said in a powerful acceptance speech