#palestinian-activism

#palestinian-activism

When a history of resistance to the lurching authoritarianism of Donald Trump's second presidency is written, it could well begin on 11 April 2025, inside a small immigration courtroom in remote, central Louisiana. It was there, in the early afternoon, that a slight young man dressed in a blue uniform jumpsuit spoke calmly but directly to the new administration away from the gaze of television cameras and 1,000 miles (1,610km) from his friends and family.

Awdah al-Hathaleen, a prominent Palestinian activist and teacher, dedicated his life to defending Umm al-Kheir amidst escalating threats from Israeli settlers and officials.

Awdah Hathaleen, an English teacher and activist, was shot and killed allegedly by an Israeli settler in his village of Umm al-Khair in the West Bank.

"I was the first pro-Palestinian campus protester to be jailed by the Trump administration. The ongoing threat of deportation hangs over me despite my release."

In a poignant moment, Khalil recounted how the isolation of detention deeply affected him, stating, 'When I heard my son's first cries, I buried my face in my arms so no one would see me weep.'

Instead of holding my wife's hand in the delivery room, I was crouched on a detention center floor, whispering through a crackling phone line as she labored alone.

Now we're supposed to feel bad for two genocide cheerleaders after watching these colonizer baby killers slaughter people by the hundreds every day for two years.

The soldiers raided my house today, they wanted revenge from me for participating in the BBC documentary about the settlers, after the army left the settlers raided my house.

Khatib felt uneasy when he noticed an officer photographing him, leading to his spontaneous ID check and subsequent arrest.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident and protest leader at Columbia University, was arrested during a citizenship process. He remains optimistic about justice.