Israeli forces raided the home of Oscar-winning director Basel Adra on Saturday after settlers attacked his village and family in the occupied West Bank, sending one of his brothers to the hospital.

On Saturday afternoon, Israeli settlers attacked Adra’s village, al-Tuwani, in Masafer Yatta. The settlers injured two of Adra’s brothers and one of his cousins , he said, when the group tried to confront the settlers. They came from the nearby illegal Israeli outpost, Havat Ma’on.

Israeli police and soldiers came on the scene and enabled the violence, Adra said.

“The police, the army came when the settlers were attacking us,” Adra told CNN . “They did not stop them. One of the settlers chased one of the solidarity activists, and he beat her on the ground. The soldiers were watching, d

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