{"id":229508,"date":"2025-03-26T00:04:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T00:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/oscar-winning-palestinian-director-freed-after-being-attacked-by-israeli-settlers-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T00:04:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T00:04:39","slug":"oscar-winning-palestinian-director-freed-after-being-attacked-by-israeli-settlers-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/oscar-winning-palestinian-director-freed-after-being-attacked-by-israeli-settlers-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar-winning Palestinian director freed after being attacked by Israeli settlers | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/u2fJ989qfj4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Oscar-winning Palestinian director freed after being attacked by Israeli settlers | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u2fJ989qfj4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>An Oscar-winning Palestinian who was attacked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank has told ITV News of his ordeal shortly after he was released.<\/p>\n<p>Hamdan Ballal, who won an Academy Award three weeks ago, said Israeli police beat him outside his home in the village of Susiya on Monday, while officers filmed the assault.<\/p>\n<p>He and two other Palestinians, who were also attacked, were then arrested by Israeli troops who said they had been throwing stones.<\/p>\n<p>ITV News Senior International Correspondent John Irvine spoke with Mr Ballal on Tuesday after he left the police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba where he was being held.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follows ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Oscar-winning Palestinian who was attacked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank has told ITV News of his ordeal shortly after he was released. 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