"No Other Land" activist and teacher killed in West Bank: Israeli settler's shooting desanctioned by Trump
In Hebron
The name of Yinon Levi, a settler sanctioned by the EU, was mentioned in the media, but was released by Trump a week after his inauguration. Odeh Muhammad Hadalin was 31 years old.
He had played a key role in supporting the production of No Other Land . Palestinian activist and teacher Odeh Muhammad Hadalin was killed by gunfire fired at chest height in the West Bank . The news was released by local officials, Al Jazeera , and even the directors of the Oscar- winning documentary on Israeli settler violence and occupation in the West Bank.
The murder took place in Umm al-Khair, a village near Hebron in the occupied West Bank . Police said they were investigating the incidents; the victim was 31 years old. The death was also confirmed by the two directors of No Other Land , Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham and Palestinian journalist Basel Adra. “This is how Israel erases us: one life at a time.” Abraham described Awdah as “an extraordinary activist who helped us film No Other Land in Masafer Yatta.” Adra explained that the activist and teacher “was in front of her village community center when a settler fired a bullet that pierced his chest , taking his life.”
A particularly brutal crime, even more sensational because it was captured on video by at least one smartphone. In the background, an excavator can be seen, one of those used to demolish Palestinian homes to make way for Israeli settlements, considered illegal by the United Nations. According to several media, the same images identified Yinon Levi , an Israeli settler sanctioned by the European Union and the United States, who was desanctioned by President Donald Trump shortly after his return to the White House. The Times of Israel also named Levi among the settlers involved in the clashes.
Hadalin "was shot dead by settlers during their attack on the village of Umm al-Khair" in Masafer Yatta, the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Education wrote on social media last night. The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem also expressed their "deep concern" and "strong condemnation following yet another violent attack targeting the Christian town of Taybeh in the West Bank [...] This grave incident is not an isolated case. It is part of an alarming pattern of settler violence against West Bank communities, including their homes, their holy sites, and their ways of life."
We regret that official Israeli police statements have narrowed the issue down to property damage, omitting the broader context of systematic intimidation and abuse. These omissions distort the truth and fail to address violations of international humanitarian law and human rights, including the right to religious freedom and the protection of cultural heritage.
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