Awdah Hathaleen – a deeply beloved anchor of resistance and solidarity in Umm al-Kheir, an English teacher, a father –
was shot and killed by sanctioned Israeli settler Yinon Levy.
Israel police are refusing to release his body.
The women of Umm al–Kheir— led by his mother, his wife, and his sister— are on hunger strike.
They are asking for the simplest, most human of dignities: to bury their son, husband, and brother in his village of Umm al–Kheir.
They also ask for the release of six male community members taken from Awdah’s mourning tent and arbitrarily detained.
Awdah’s friends in Wisconsin are asking for our community to support them.
Call Your Wisconsin State Representatives and Senators:
Tell them to make two calls on your behalf as their constituent, one to Ambassador Leiter of Israeli Embassy and the other to the U.S. State Department and:
• Press for the release of Awdah Hathaleen’s body to his family to be laid to rest with dignity in his village of Umm al-Kheir;
• Urge the immediate release of Awdah’s six community members from arbitrary detention.
- Rep. Moore: (414) 297-1140
- Rep. Pocan: (608) 258-9800
- Senator Baldwin: (608) 264-5338
- Senator Johnson: (414) 276-7282
- A list of Wisconsin Members of the U.S. Congress
House and Senate
Call the Israeli Embassy and the US State Department:
Israeli Embassy: 202-364-5500, Press ‘9’ for the military attache.
State Department: (202) 647-1512
Let us know you’ve taken action!
Please email milwaukee@jewishvoiceforpeace.org so we can keep the pressure on
and let Awdah’s family know we are standing with them in Wisconsin.
More info from US and international organizations:
“Now a parent myself, I’ve tried to shield my 4-year-old son from this harsh reality as much as possible, so that he will not have to carry the same memories that I did. But sometimes, no matter how good a father you are, there are things you cannot control.” – Awdah Hathaleen
Center for Jewish Nonviolence
” Awdah, you are in my heart and you are in my struggle. ”
“Our beloved friend, colleague, teacher, and coresister Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead by an Israeli settler”
Na’amod
“Bring Awdah Home: Return his body to Um Al Kheir “
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Jewish Voice for Peace Action, Wisconsin
www.jvpaction.org * @jvpaction
A sister organization of JVP www.jvp.org
Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement 
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