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Israeli settler accused of killing contributor to Oscar-winning West Bank film 'released on house arrest'
WEST BANK, PALESTINE, JUL 30 – Awdah Hathaleen, an activist who contributed to the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," was fatally shot by an Israeli settler amid increasing settler violence in the West Bank.
- On Monday evening, Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen was fatally shot by an Israeli settler in Umm al-Khair, a community located close to Hebron within the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
- The shooting occurred amid a surge in settler attacks on Palestinians and violence following the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel starting October 7, 2023.
- Awdah, a consultant and local activist who contributed to the acclaimed documentary No Other Land, was shot in the chest and killed outside his village’s community centre.
- A video shared by the Associated Press depicts settler Yinon Levi discharging a handgun during the incident, while Israeli police have detained a civilian and are conducting an investigation near the Carmel settlement.
- The killing highlights rising West Bank tensions and Palestinians’ accusations of settler impunity, prompting calls from Israeli officials for thorough investigations amid ongoing conflict casualties.
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Palestinian activist Odeh Hatalin contributed film material to the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land". Now he has been shot in the West Bank. The UN is clearly critical.
Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen has been shot dead by a settler in the occupied West Bank. Hathaleen collaborated on the acclaimed documentary "No Other Land," about the Israeli occupation and settler violence against Palestinians, which won an Oscar last year. The attack took place earlier this week in the village of Umm al-Khair by a group of Jewish settlers. They entered the village with a bulldozer, which is used to destroy homes, farml…
Amnesty International states that "the impunity for the violence of the colonists supported by the State [of Israel] is feeding more violence against the Palestinians, which remain without protection and justice".
In the West Bank, Israeli settlers killed an employee of the Oscar-winning documentary »No Other Land« in an attack.
In cold blood: Israeli settler-terrorist shoots and kills Palestinian who worked on <em>No Other Land</em>
Video footage of the horrifying incident has circulated widely. Hathalin, 31, was a teacher from Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills, who played a supporting role in No Other Land.
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