Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank yesterday beat Hamdan Balal, the Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," and then took him, covered in blood, into custody by the Israeli military, activists who witnessed the incident said.
Dozens of settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yata area, destroying property, according to the activist group Center for Jewish Nonviolence.
They attacked Balal, one of the four directors of the Oscar-winning documentary, and beat him until his head bled, activists said.
While he was receiving medical care in the emergency room, Israeli soldiers arrested both him and another Palestinian, the statement added.
It is not known where Balal was taken.
"No Other Land" won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year.
It depicts the efforts of the population of the Masafer Yat area to prevent the Israeli army from destroying their villages.
The film has four co-directors. Balal and Basel Adra are Palestinians and residents of Masafer Yata. The other two co-directors are Israelis: Yuval Abraham and Rachel Zor.
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