Category: 2. Middle East

Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film “No Other Land,” was released from Israeli custody on Tuesday, one day after he was assaulted by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and detained by Israeli forces. 

“After being handcuffed all night and beaten in a military base, Hamdan Ballal is now free and is about to go home to his family,” Yuval Abraham, Ballal’s Israeli co-director, wrote in a post on X.

What happened: On Monday night,…

Israel’s president said on Tuesday he was shocked that the issue of hostages being held by Palestinian militants in Gaza was no longer a top priority in the country, days after criticising the government’s war policy.

“I am quite shocked how suddenly the issue of the hostages is no longer at the top of the priority list and at the top of the news,” Isaac Herzog said in a video issued by his office, adding it was important to keep working towards “bringing the hostages home, down to the last…