US EditionHunger-striking women demand Israel return the body of Palestinian activist killed in settler clash
UMM AL-KHAIR, WEST BANK, AUG 3 – More than 60 Palestinian women in Umm al-Khair hunger strike to demand return of activist Awdah Hathaleen's body and release of detained villagers amid ongoing settler violence.
- Israeli authorities refuse to return the body of a Palestinian activist killed by a settler unless the family agrees to limit the funeral attendance and bury him at night in another city.
- The activist's mother and other women from the village are hunger striking to protest these conditions that violate their customs and beliefs.
- The plight of Palestinians in this area facing settler violence and home demolitions was documented in the Oscar-winning film 'No Other Land', to which the slain activist contributed.
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Hunger-striking women demand Israel return the body of Palestinian activist killed in settler clash
Nearly two dozen Bedouin women, enrobed in black, sat on the floor of a modest hut that baked under the desert sun of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The room was quiet, the women still.
Palestinian Women on Hunger Strike to Demand Israel Return Body of Peace Activist Killed by Israeli Settler
'We will persist': More than 60 Palestinian women have launched a hunger strike to demand that Israeli authorities return the body of the beloved peace activist Awda Hathaleen, who was shot dead by an Israeli settler last week.
This article was first published on Cedarnews.net. For more news and exclusive reports, visit our website. Getty Images File photo of Awda al-Hathalin among a group of activists Sixty women from the Khirbet Umm al-Khair community in Masafer Yatta in the southern West Bank have been on hunger strike for several days, demanding a proper funeral for Awda al-Hathalin – who was shot dead by an Israeli settler in his village late last month – without …
Last week, Awdah Hathaleen, a 31-year-old Palestinian activist, was shot dead in his village of Umm El Kheir in the southern West Bank. His death, attributed to an Israeli settler, arouses indignation and demands for justice from the village's relatives and inhabitants.
He killed the Palestinian activist Hathaleen. 94 percent of the investigation into crimes against Palestinians in the West Bank ended without even ... Find out more!
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