Last July, Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead by the settler Yinon Levi, who has actually been indicted, even though 93.6 percent of cases of violence against Palestinians end without charges. I can only pray my friend gets justice after his death
The name Awdah means "return." Awdah Hathaleen, who became a leader of the village of Umm al-Kheir in the West Bank, lived most of his life near the settlement of Carmel, which grew at breakneck speed while Umm al-Kheir remained a site of temporary structures made of plywood and tin.
