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Israeli Settlers & Soldiers Attack Masafer Yatta Again, But Only Palestinians Are Arrested

HeadlineMar 31, 2025

In news from the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers and soldiers have repeatedly attacked Palestinians living in the village of Jinba in Masafer Yatta. On Friday, a settler mob attacked the village and injured six Palestinians, including a 64-year-old man who suffered a skull fracture. Hours later, Israeli forces raided the village and handcuffed and blindfolded all of the Palestinian men in the village. At least 22 Palestinians were detained. The Associated Press ran an article about what happened, with the headline “Israeli settlers seen on camera assaulting a Palestinian village. Police arrest only Palestinians.”

The attacks come a week after settlers brutally beat the Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, who was then detained by Israel’s military. The attack on Ballal came just weeks after he won an Academy Award for co-directing the documentary “No Other Land” about violent Israeli settlers trying to seize his community in Masafer Yatta. On Friday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a statement apologizing for not initially supporting Ballal after he was beaten and detained.

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