SUSIYA, West Bank ¨C The Oscar-winning director of a documentary on the Israel-Palestinian conflict was released from detention on Tuesday, a day after being injured and arrested during a raid by Israeli settlers on his village in the occupied West Bank.
Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the award-winning ¡°No Other Land,¡± said he had been assaulted by settlers after filming them attacking a neighbor¡¯s house and then returning to make sure his own house was not attacked.
¡°I was just waiting outside, if any settlers or any army were attacking my home,¡± he said after being released from police custody.
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