Mark Raffalo and Hamden Ballal | Photo Credit: Getty Image, Reuters
Oscar-nominated actor Mark Raffalo has condemned the custody of Palestinian Director Hamdan Ballal by Israeli defense forces. One of the co-directors of Ballal, No other landA non-fiction film that recently won the Oscar for the best documentary facility at the Academy Awards, on Tuesday, was attacked by Israeli settled in Palestinian village of Susia in Masafar Yata area of ​​Southern West Bank. He was later arrested by Israeli forces.
Rafalo, who stands due to Palestinian cause in the past, urged all filmmakers and members of the academy to come together and oppose Ball’s illegal arrest.
“No matter what you are standing on this issue, this film is an attack on our beloved art,” Rafalo commented on one Indivire Post on Instagram.
A scrabble of Mark Raffalo’s comment on Indewire’s Instagram post
“Hamden Ballal is a political prisoner and is an international phenomenon and a violation of human rights. Many of us are not surprised by the lawless settlers and IDF at this point. Kill (ING) Kill (ING) kidnapping journalists and filmmakers is not an accident, but a design for the elimination of a people and their culture. Mickey 17, poor things and Avengers wrote.
Dozens of settlers attacked Susia on Tuesday and destroyed property activist group center for Jewish non -violence AP,
The activists said that one of the co-directions of the documentary, Hamdan Ballal was attacked, causing his head to bleed. As he was being treated in an ambulance, the soldiers detained him and detained another Palestinian man, the group said. It said that his hideouts were now unknown.
No other landWho won the Oscar for the best documentary this year, to prevent the Israeli army from demolishing its villages, the struggle by the residents of Masafar Yatta. It includes two Palestinian co-director, Ballal and Basal Adra, residents of Masafar Yatta and two Israeli directors, Yawal Abraham and Rachel Szor.
(With input from AP)
Published – March 25, 2025 05:30 pm IST
