Awdah Hathaleen’s legacy lives on as brother visits UK to warn of Israeli settlers’ violence

LONDON: Israeli forces cordoned off the small Palestinian community of Umm Al-Khair more than 25 times last year, while settlers intensified their attacks to terrorize residents into leaving their homes, the brother of prominent activist Awdah Hathaleen told Arab News.

Aziz Hathaleen is visiting the UK this week for the first time to continue the work that his brother began in London in 2024 before an Israeli settler killed him on Jul. 28, 2025.

The Britain Palestine Project, an advocacy group, has invited him to speak with MPs and civil society organizations about the impact of the settlement drive on the lives of 300 individuals in Umm Al-Khair, a Bedouin community near Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank.