In the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities released a Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary “ No Other Land,” a day after he was beaten by Jewish settlers and detained by soldiers.

No Other Land, the Oscar-winning documentary, will be available across the Middle East and North Africa from April 1. The Palestinian-Israeli co-production, which follows the struggles faced by inhabitants of occupied West Bank village Masafer Yatta as they try to protect their homes from demolition by Israeli settlers,

The Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” Hamdan Ballal was beaten up by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, taken away by Israeli soldiers and detained overnight, according to his family,