Wave of condemnation after killing of Palestinian activist in West Bank
by William Christou and Quique Kierszenbaum in Umm al from World news | The Guardian on (#6YYZV)
Israeli soldiers raid mourning tent after death of Awdah Hathaleen, who helped make Oscar-winning No Other Land
Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian activist and journalist who helped make the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, has been killed during an attack by Israeli settlers in the south Hebron hills, prompting a wave of condemnation of what was described as state impunity for Israeli settler violence.
A video captured on Monday appears to show an Israeli settler, Yinon Levi, who was put under sanctions by the US president Joe Biden then removed from the sanctions list by Donald Trump, firing his gun wildly at residents of the village of Umm al-Khair at the time of the killing.
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