The Israeli Police released a Palestinian director after the West Bank incident
The director of the Oscar-winning film ‘No Other Land’, Hamdan Ballal, has been detained by Israeli police over a reported attack by Israeli settlers in West Bank’s Moussaoui village. Ballal was questioned along with two other Palestinians on suspicion of hurling stones, property damage and “endangering regional security”, police said. All three deny the accusations, their lawyer said.
The West Bank office of Al Jazeera is closing
Israel ordered the bureau of Al Jazeera’s satellite news network to shut down in the Israeli-occupied West Bank because it covers the Israel-Hamas war. Armed Israeli troops entered the office and said the staff needed to leave immediately. Al Jazeera aired a story about Israel troops tearing down a banner on a balcony at the Al Jazeera office.
Biden warned that Gaza pier would undermine other aid routes
The US has decided to build a temporary pier in the West Bank to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip amid the war between Israel and Hamas. President Joe Biden had ordered construction of a temporary pier in his State of The Union address in March to hasten the delivery of aid to the Palestinian territory.