The outpost set up by Israeli settlers in July 2025, adjacent to the children's playground in Umm al-Khair, last Nov. 1. (Credit: Lucas Lazo/L’Orient-Le Jour)
Phone pressed to his ear, Eid Hathaleen paces back and forth across the playground of Umm al-Khair’s small community center. The day before, the Israeli civil administration had come to post demolition notices on a dozen homes in this Bedouin community, nestled in the hills of southern Hebron.This Palestinian human rights activist, who is also a resident of the village, is organizing the response: "We'll do what we can. We have to mobilize lawyers, NGOs, journalists, foreign consulates; we'll do everything to stop these demolitions." Around him, a few children play on the swings at the community social center, unaware that they, too, are in the crosshairs of the Israeli authorities. Intensified Israeli aggression in the West Bank Outrage after video shows Israeli soldiers shooting two Palestinians at point-blank range...
Phone pressed to his ear, Eid Hathaleen paces back and forth across the playground of Umm al-Khair’s small community center. The day before, the Israeli civil administration had come to post demolition notices on a dozen homes in this Bedouin community, nestled in the hills of southern Hebron.This Palestinian human rights activist, who is also a resident of the village, is organizing the response: "We'll do what we can. We have to mobilize lawyers, NGOs, journalists, foreign consulates; we'll do everything to stop these demolitions." Around him, a few children play on the swings at the community social center, unaware that they, too, are in the crosshairs of the Israeli authorities. Intensified Israeli aggression in the West Bank Outrage after video shows Israeli soldiers shooting two Palestinians at point-blank...
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