Sign of the times
Awdah Hathaleen, the Palestinian who helped make the Oscar-winning No Other Land, was killed yesterday in the West Bank. An attack on the village of Umm al-Khair in the West Bankon was captured on video, which shows the Israeli settler, Yinon Levi, who was put under sanctions by Joe Biden and recently removed from the sanctions list by Donald Trump, firing his gun wildly at the time of the killing.
Yinon Levi was arrested later by Israeli police for questioning, though no charges have been filed against him. The killing comes amid an increasing wave of settler and Israeli military violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. At least 1,009 Palestinians have been killed and more than 7,000 injured in the West Bank since October 2023.
The Israeli military acknowledged the incident, and said an armed “Israeli civilian” opened fire on a group of people hurling rocks. The Israeli police said they arrested one Israeli citizen for questioning and that they were investigating the incident, while the military arrested seven people from Umm al-Khair, including two international solidarity activists.
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Yinon Levi was arrested later by Israeli police for questioning, though no charges have been filed against him. The killing comes amid an increasing wave of settler and Israeli military violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. At least 1,009 Palestinians have been killed and more than 7,000 injured in the West Bank since October 2023.
The Israeli military acknowledged the incident, and said an armed “Israeli civilian” opened fire on a group of people hurling rocks. The Israeli police said they arrested one Israeli citizen for questioning and that they were investigating the incident, while the military arrested seven people from Umm al-Khair, including two international solidarity activists.
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