By Thomas Hughes, Bay City News

Bay Area lawmakers and human rights activists condemned the killing on Monday of a Palestinian activist and filmmaker in the West Bank allegedly shot by an Israeli man who was in the area illegally.

Awdah Hathaleen was allegedly shot in the lung by an Israeli man who was previously sanctioned by former President Joe Biden’s administration for leading violent groups and attacks in the West Bank.

President Donald Trump’s administration removed those financial sanctions in January, along with those of other Israelis illegally occupying the West Bank, who are often called “settlers.”

Hathaleen was an English teacher and father of three who collaborated on the Oscar-winning 2025 documentary “No Other Land,” which details violence perpetrated by Israelis o

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