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IOF violence continues with more attacks and murders. Two Palestinian journalists Mohamed Mansour and Hussam Shabat were just murdered this week.
Oscar Award-winning No Other Land filmmaker Hamdan Ballal was violently attacked and injured by Israeli colonial settlers and kidnapped by Israeli soldiers on Monday night in Susya, West Bank. This is not an isolated incident—it is a stark reminder that settler violence is a core weapon of the occupation, used to terrorize and displace Palestinians from their land. This brutality is not random; it is systematic, deliberate, and meant to erase Palestinian existence.
Hamdan's assault is not just about one individual—it reflects the daily reality for countless Palestinians.
As an Oscar-winning filmmaker, Hamdan is not treated any differently than any other Palestinian facing Israeli state sanction violence. His story is a call to action. We need to demand his release, support a permanent ceasefire, Block U.S. military aid to Israel, Watch No Other Land and demand an end to this genocide.