Overview

• Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian activist and consultant on No Other Land, was shot dead by settler Yinon Levi during a bulldozer-triggered confrontation in Umm al-Khair on July 28.
• Footage circulated by co-director Yuval Abraham appears to show Levi firing into a crowd after villagers hurled stones at a settler-driven bulldozer damaging trees and property.
• Israeli police detained Levi for questioning and arrested seven Palestinians and two international solidarity activists, but no formal charges have been filed.
• France’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs denounced the killing as an act of terrorism by extremist settlers, highlighting persistent gaps in accountability.
• Hathaleen’s work exposing demolitions in Masafer Yatta and his recent visa revocation at San Francisco airport underscored the obstacles facing Palestinian advocates.