On Monday, in the West Bank village of Umm al-Kheir, an all too familiar pattern played out. Israeli settlers entered onto private Palestinian land with a bulldozer. Yinon Levi – a settler from the nearby extremist outpost of Meitarim – opened fire with his handgun. A bullet hit Awdah Hathaleen, a local teacher and human rights activist. He later died of his wounds.

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