The ratcheting up of the Israel-Gaza conflict and recent attacks on pro-Palestinians activists loomed large at the opening of ...

Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian filmmaker, won an Oscar for best documentary feature for “No Other Land,” an exploration of ...

Basel Adra, from left, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham accept the award for best documentary feature film for ...

Hamdan Ballal was released on Tuesday by Israeli officials after being attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.

The 'No Other Land' filmmakers are thanking top members of the Academy for coming to the defense of director Hamdan Ballal ...

CODEPINK is a feminist grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights ...

The Times reviewed video footage of part of the event, in which a masked man attacks several peace activists who had responded to Palestinian appeals for help. When the activists retreated to their ...

The global filmmaking community voiced its outrage some days ago after Hamdan Ballal, the Oscar-winning Palestinian ...

The Academy has apologised to 'No Other Land' co-director Hamdan Ballal after criticism for failing to address his violent ...

In a letter to academy members, academy CEO Bill Kramer and its president, Janet Yang, said they regretted not issuing a ...

The Academy released a statement on Wednesday condemning "harming artists," but did not name Palestinian director Ballal in it who was detained by the Israeli forces.

By Thursday morning, a letter began circulating among AMPAS members, criticizing leadership’s failure to defend Ballal publicly ...