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Hamdan Ballal, an Oscar-winning Palestinian co-director of <em>No Other Land</em>, is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba on Tuesday, a day after being detained by the Israeli army following an attack by Jewish settlers.

Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian director beaten by Israeli settlers, is now released

Hamdan Ballal, who won an Oscar for No Other Land about Palestinians under Israeli occupation, was attacked by Israeli settlers and later detained by Israeli security forces, his lawyer tells NPR.

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  • Kat Lonsdorf
Noor Assi, 15, sits on his bed while watched by his 5-year-old sister Jenna in the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Feb. 23. <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2024/10/08/g-s1-22630/photos-palestinian-family-impact-israeli-settler-violence-occupied-west-bank"target="_blank" >Click here for the full story.</a>

One boy's story shows the impact of rising Israeli settler violence in the West Bank

After his father was killed by Israeli settlers raiding his village in the central West Bank, he says, 15-year-old Noor Assi sometimes envies other teens, but says, "I have a family to take care of."

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  • Ayman Oghanna
A view of the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, on Jan. 26, 2024.

U.N. court to hold hearings on legality of the occupation of Palestinian-claimed lands

The United Nations' highest court opens historic hearings Monday into the legality of Israel's 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state.

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  • GPB Newsroom