Hamdan Bali, Oscar -winning Palestinian director No other landHe was released from a police station in the West Bank of Kiretta, a day after he was detained by the Israeli army in the wake of an attack by the Jewish settlers, on Tuesday.
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The Academy of Film Arts and Sciences issued a statement of its members on Friday, apologizing for not expressing its support for the Oscar -winning Oscar -winning director.
Ballal, who won the Long Documentary Film Academy Award for this year for his participation in directing the film No other land About the difficulties of life during the Israeli occupation era, he said that he was attacked on Monday by Israeli settlers. Then the Israeli army arrested him. The Israeli authorities released the director the next day, saying that Bali had been detained because of Hermining Stones. The director and witnesses deny this accusation.
academy The first statement In response to the alleged attack, which was sent on Wednesday to about 11,000 members, the name of Ballal or his movie title.
He participated in his signature by Oscar CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang, and a statement spoke on Wednesday in general, such as “The Academy condemns harm or the artists’ suppression of their work or their views”, and “We believe deeply in the film’s ability to light, excite thought, and to revise by providing a window into human experiences.”
Kramer and Yang An updated statementIt was sent on Friday and participated by the Academy’s press office on Saturday by e -mail with NPR, was more clear:
“We regret that we failed to recognize directly to Mr. Bali and the film by name,” he said. “We are sincerely apologized to Mr. Bali and all the artists who felt the lack of support from our previous statement and they want to make it clear that the academy condemns violence of this kind anywhere in the world.”
The apology appeared after a wave of online protests against the academy – first for not responding to the Bali attack, then not to respond to it sufficiently.
He wrote, “Unfortunately, the American Academy, which gave us the Academy Award three weeks ago, rejected Hamdan Bali publicly while being beaten and tortured by Israeli soldiers and settlers.” No other land Coach Joal Ibrahim on x On Wednesday, before Kramer and Yang issued their first statement.
Abraham wrote: “Many members of the American Academy – especially in the documentary branch – prompted a statement, but it was ultimately rejected. We were told that since the other Palestinians were beaten in the settlers’ attack, this may be considered unrelated to the film, so they did not feel any need to respond.”
After the issuance of the Kramer and Yang statement, a large group of members of the academy was launched Rhetoric Friday against her. Among the two sites, which exceeded 800 at the time of writing this report, are Hollywood A-Lesters, including Pedo Pascal, Joaquin Phoenix, Olivia Colman, Steve Buscemi and American Ferrara.
“The Bill Kramer and Janet Yang statement largely lacks the feelings that this moment calls,” stipulates the speech of the protest over the signatures. “So we are issuing our own statement, which talks about the members below at the Academy of Arts and Animation.”
In an email on Saturday, the NPR academy told its updated apology to name Bali and his movie was already in the works before the signature petition significantly, but the council of 55 members needed resistance before its release, and required an additional time.
The incident that involves my mind highlights the continuous explosions of violence in the West Bank. The attacks on the Palestinians have escalated since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza in October 2023.