Hamdan Ballal was released on Tuesday by Israeli officials after being attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Abraham said on Tuesday that Ballal was "was handcuffed and blindfolded all night in an army base while two soldiers beat him up on the floor."

After mounting criticism following its initial response to the violent attack on Oscar-winning “No Other Land” co-director Hamdan Ballal, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences apologized Friday for not acknowledging Ballal by name.