Oscar-Winning Palestinian Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Brutally Beaten in Mob Attack by Israeli Settlers

[IM2]

This is news we don't get. Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has been a constant in Israel, and it really isn't reported by the so-called mainstream media.

Oscar-Winning Palestinian Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Brutally Beaten in Mob Attack by Israeli Settlers​

Hamdan Ballal, the Oscar-winning Palestinian director of No Other Land, was attacked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank community of Masafer Yatta, arrested by Israeli soldiers and held overnight. The group entered their village and started the assault shortly after residents broke their daily Ramadan fast. Ballal’s No Other Land co-director Basel Adra witnessed the attack. He tells Democracy Now! that “settlers and soldiers together attacked [Ballal] physically, brutally, and abducted him,” while soldiers pointed guns and fired warning shots at a group of villagers including women and children. Ballal screamed “I’m dying” as he was being beaten. “Although the Israeli military has accused Ballal and two other Palestinians of throwing stones at soldiers, another eyewitness, Jewish American peace activist Anna Lippman, says the accusations are groundless. “The double standard is so strong here in the West Bank that Palestinians know that if they were to touch a stone, that could mean their life.” Adra calls on international intervention to end the violent occupation of Masafer Yatta, where “almost every day there is [an] attack.” Since this interview was conducted, Ballal has reportedly been released from Israeli custody and returned to his family.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

yea, the genocidal racist Palestinians are unpopular

 

[TNHarley]

This is news we don't get.

Besides the other thread on it. lolz

 

[Shusha]

Sixties Fan posted about this yesterday.

 

[Picaro]

Democracy Now! is a communist media front formerly based in the Bay Area, now in NYC. Most of its staff are terrorist supporters. They need to be deported. They endorse genocide and murder like all communists do. Letting that terrorist go was a mistake.

That gal telling the lies pays herself quite well, like all commies do. Out of revenues Goodman pulls down over $250K a year, other staffers make similar salaries, plus 'expenses', hash, weed, etc I would guess. It should have its tax exempt status removed.


AI Overview



Yes, Democracy Now! has employees of Arab descent
.

For example:

• Nermeen Shaikh, the co-host and senior producer, previously worked at Al Jazeera English and has a background in development and research organizations in Islamabad and Tehran.
• Hany Massoud, a TV producer, is the first US-born member of his family, whose parents immigrated from Egypt. He has covered stories such as the 2011 uprising in Egypt.
• Democracy Now! has also featured reports from journalists like Palestinian journalist Shrouq Aila, who heads Ain Media in the Gaza Strip.

 

[Freddi00]

These attacks seem to happen way too often and hardly get any attention. It’s important people hear about this so there’s more awareness and pressure to stop the violence.

 

[Picaro]

These attacks seem to happen way too often and hardly get any attention. It’s important people hear about this so there’s more awareness and pressure to stop the violence.

Yes, they need to step up the coverage on what the feral Arab savages are like as neighbors, and why the settlers are armed and touchy.

 

[Roudy]

But you guys didn’t say anything when Americans were murdered, raped, tortured and taken hostage by Palestinian animals on Oct. 7?