Pakistan, April 28 -- Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, detailed a violent attack by Israeli settlers, describing it as the "worst moment of my life."

The assault, which occurred in late March during Ramadan, saw settlers mock Ballal's Oscar win while beating him outside his home in Masafer Yatta. Ballal, who urged global focus on Palestine's "near-daily violence," was handcuffed, blindfolded and held at an army base before his release the next day.

In his op-ed, Ballal recounted rushing to document a settler attack, only to be overwhelmed as soldiers approached. "They started beating and cursing me, mocking me as the 'Oscar-winning filmmaker,'" he wrote, describing guns bashing his ribs and his ...