TEL AVIV: An Israeli settler accused of killing a prominent Palestinian activist during a confrontation captured on video in the occupied West Bank will be released from house arrest, an Israeli court ruled Friday. The video shot by a Palestinian witness shows Yinon Levi brandishing a pistol and tussling with a group of unarmed Palestinians. He can be seen firing two shots, but the video does not show where the bullets hit. Witnesses said one of the shots killed Awdah Hathaleen, an English teacher and father of three, who was uninvolved and was standing nearby.

Trump lifted Biden's sanctions against the settler, Yinon Levi, earlier this year.

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 –…