One day after “No Other Land” co -director Hamdan Ballal was released from his short prison On the West Bank, his co -creator Yuval Abraham has called out the academy so as not to publicly support one of his own.
“Unfortunately, the American Academy, which awarded us an Oscar three weeks ago, refused to publicly support Hamdan Ballal while being beaten and tortured by Israeli soldiers and settlers,” Abraham wrote early Wednesday morning.
“The European Academy expressed support, as well as countless other price groups and festivals. Several American Academy members – especially in the documentary – pressed on a statement, but that finally refused,” he added. “We were told that since other Palestinians were beaten in the settlement attack, it could be considered not related to the film, so they felt no need to answer.”
In fact, Ballal and Abraham were part of the Palestinian and Israeli filmmaking, which won the best documentary film on 2025 Oscars on March 2 together with their other co -directors Basel Adra and Rachel Szor. The movie crowns the displacement of Palestinians in Masafer Yatta by Israeli military and settlers after a court decision declared the area as “closed military zone.”
According to reports, Ballal was one of three Palestinians and one Israelis arrested on Monday After a stone -throwing struggle followed. Abraham further stated that Ballal was beaten while he was arrested, even though an IDF speaker denied these claims.
The filmmaker’s Wednesday message continued, “in other words, while Hamdan was clearly directed to make” no other country “(he recalled soldiers who joked about Oscar when they tortured him), he was also directed to be Palestinian – as countless others every day that is abandoned. This seems to be the academy to prove to be silent to be silent to be silent to be silent to be silent when the acad
“It is not too late to change this attitude. Even now would issue a statement that condemned the attack on Hamdan and Masafer Yatta community send a meaningful message and act as a deterrent for the future,” Abraham ended its statement.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did not immediately respond to Thewrap’s request for comment.
