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'The goal was to kill': Palestinian Oscar winner recounts the settler attack, detention Israeli police released Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal on Tuesday, after detaining him a day earlier following what activists described as an attack by settlers in the occupied West Bank. "After I won the Oscar, I did not expect to be exposed to such attacks," Ballal said in a video by AFPTV. "It was a very strong...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Milwaukee Bucks' championship aspirations are in jeopardy, with star Damian Lillard diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Israel launches raids across the occupied West Bank Israeli forces launched raids in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday night, after detaining dozens of Palestinians in the occupied territories. The raids targeted the town of Bani Na'im, east of Hebron, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. Israel has ramped up its attacks on the occupied West Bank, even as it bombards the Gaza Strip.
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:The Palestinian Oscar winner's West Bank home was attacked by Israeli settlers. Ballal's co-director says his acclaim "does not help us on the ground".
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:Hamdan Ballal was beaten by settlers before being taken away, his No Other Land co-director said.
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:A National Security Council spokesman said in a statement the reported chat "appears to be authentic"
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:Friends and family of Badar Khan Suri in India say they are shocked by the terror charges against him.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed during Israel's military campaign in Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says.
Published on: March 23, 2025 | Source:Salah al-Bardaweel and his wife died in the southern city of Khan Younis, a Hamas source told the BBC.
Published on: March 23, 2025 | Source:Lebanon's health ministry says seven people, including a child, were killed and 40 injured.
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:The BBC accompanies the civil defence group as they respond to violence in Syria's coastal region.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Benjamin Netanyahu cited Shin Bet's failure to anticipate the 7 October attack - but the move sparked outrage and protests.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Olivier Grondeau, 34, was arrested on security charges, which his family have always denied.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:The 51-year-old was injured in a blast which killed a UN worker, the charity he works for says.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:Babies and young children are among the hundreds killed in Israel's renewed bombardment.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:Is the truce finished after Israeli air strikes across Gaza?
Published on: March 18, 2025 | Source:The Israeli military says it is hitting "terror targets" across Gaza.
Published on: March 18, 2025 | Source:Sharone Lifschitz said it was important all families were reunited with their relatives, both dead and alive
Published on: March 16, 2025 | Source:The Columbia University graduate had a key role in student protests over Gaza. Trump said his arrest was the first of "many to come".
Published on: March 12, 2025 | Source:Actor and comedian Mo Amer explains why he avoided mentioning the 7 October attack in the show's storyline.
Published on: March 12, 2025 | Source:Deadly violence in Syria's Alawite heartland is the worst since rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad in December.
Published on: March 10, 2025 | Source:Neuroscientists in Israel find signs that the drug helped festival survivors in the attack and the aftermath.
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:The video apparently satirising a proposal to "take over" the Gaza Strip was shared by the US president on social media.
Published on: March 06, 2025 | Source:The first of an estimated 2,000 Gazan children needing medical treatment arrive in Jordan.
Published on: March 05, 2025 | Source:Their fate is the discussion of Arab leaders in Egypt but what do Gazans want for their future?
Published on: March 04, 2025 | Source:The US president sparked a social media frenzy when he posted a video of Gaza generated by artificial intelligence on his site Truth Social.
Published on: February 26, 2025 | Source:As Syria's interim leader plans its future, Kurds in the north-east are battling Turkish-backed forces.
Published on: February 26, 2025 | Source:In 2008, Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert urged the Palestinian leader to agree to a two-state solution. The map he drew has never been revealed to media - until now.
Published on: February 24, 2025 | Source:Four of the men were kidnapped on 7 October 2023, while the two have been held for a decade.
Published on: February 22, 2025 | Source:The grandson of Oded Lifschitz, whose body was returned to Israel this week, speaks to the BBC.
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