Israeli occupation authorities released Oscar winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal after he was beaten and detained by Israeli occupation forces yesterday. “After spending the night handcuffed and beaten inside a military base, Hamdan Ballal is now free and on his way home to his family,” wrote the film’s Israeli co-director, Yuval Abraham, in a post on the X platform. After the assault, Hamdan was handcuffed and blindfolded all night in an army base while two soldiers beat him up on the floor, his lawyer Leah Tsemel said after speaking with him just now. He’s still held in the Kiryat Arba police station. — Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם (@yuval_abraham) March 25, 2025 Sharing a picture of Ballal on Instagram, their fellow … Continue reading ‘Beaten in custody’: Israel releases Oscar winning director