In short:
Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen has allegedly been shot dead by an Israeli settler in the West Bank.
He helped make an award-winning documentary about Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.
What’s next?
Israeli media reported that a Jewish settler, Yinon Levi, was arrested over the alleged killing.
On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers ejected mourners from a tent set up in Umm al Kheir and fired stun grenades at people who had gathered to pay condolences to Awdah Hathaleen’s family.
Israeli members of parliament and the Carmel settlement have expressed support for his alleged killer, Yinon Levi, describing him as a “pioneer”.
In 2024 the US State Department sanctioned Mr Levi, saying: “(He) regularly led groups of violent extremists who engaged in actions creating an atmosphere of fear in the West Bank. His groups assaulted Palestinian and Bedouin civilians, threatened them with additional violence if they did not leave their homes, burned their fields, and destroyed their property. Levi and other extremists have repeatedly attacked multiple communities within the West Bank.”