US EditionHunger-striking women demand Israel return the body of Palestinian activist killed in settler clash
UMM AL KHAIR, SOUTHERN WEST BANK, AUG 3 – Over 60 women in Umm al Khair began a hunger strike demanding the return of Awdah Hathaleen's body and release of detainees amid rising settler violence, UN reports 757 attacks this year.
- 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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Dozens attend funeral of Palestinian shot dead by Israeli settler after IDF releases body
The IDF returned Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen's body hours before a court hearing, after his family agreed to restrict funeral attendance. The army had withheld the body for days following his killing last week
Israel holds Awdah Hathaleen's body. His killer roams free through his village
On hunger strike to demand his return, Umm Al-Khair's women can't even sleep undisturbed as the army detains the village's men in nightly raids. The post Israel is holding Awdah Hathaleen’s body. His killer roams freely through his village appeared first on +972 Magazine.
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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.
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