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San Francisco Chronicle
2 hours ago
- San Francisco Chronicle
Reports: Palestinian activist previously detained at SFO killed in West Bank
Israeli settlers in the West Bank allegedly killed one of two Palestinians who were deported from San Francisco International Airport in June after they arrived in the U.S. for a speaking tour, according to Bay Area Palestinian activists and news reports. Awdah Hathaleen — who came to the Bay Area in June with his cousin as part of an interfaith speaking tour about the occupation in Palestine — was allegedly shot by Israeli settlers on Monday, executive director of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center Lara Kiswani said. Kiswani said Hathaleen died of his injuries Monday night, Palestine time. The Chronicle could not immediately independently confirm Hathaleen's death, though it was reported by at least one media outlet in Israel. There are disputing accounts of what led to Hathaleen's killing. Jewish Voice for Peace posted on Instagram that Israeli settlers invaded the small village of Umm al-Kheir — where Hathaleen is from — with a bulldozer on Monday. The post said that as Awdah and his family attempted to defend their homes, a settler shot Awdah in the chest. Awdah later died from his injuries after being taken by an Israeli ambulance, the post said. The Times of Israel reported, based on another Israeli publication, that dozens of rioters from Umm al-Kheir were throwing stones at a man 'doing permitted construction on a new neighborhood in Carmel.' The report said Israeli police arrested one Israeli citizen involved in the shooting. Police told the Times that four Palestinians were detained by Israel Defense Forces, as well as two foreign tourists. Awdah was an activist and English teacher. He is survived by his wife and three young children. During the clash Monday, Hathaleen's relative was run over by a bulldozer and was in the hospital, according to the Jewish Voice for Peace post. 'His death was the result of brutal settler violence,' the post said. 'We reject settler violence and expansion, and we recommit ourselves to the courageous, loving resistance that Awda embodied — a spirit that inspired all who had the privilege of knowing him.' The Palestinian West Bank has been under Israeli occupation since the Six-Day War in June 1967 and has since become deeply divided in part due to the construction of more than 100 Israeli settlements, which are widely considered illegal. Tensions have only grown in the past two years after the October 7, 2023, attacks that began the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Masafer Yatta, the area where Awdah was killed, has frequently featured in news reports and documentaries as an example of tensions in the region. The recent Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land documented the ongoing Israeli occupation, settler violence and demolitions of Palestinian homes in Masafer Yatta. One of the documentary's journalists, Yuval Abraham, claims to have captured a video of the Israeli settler who shot Hathaleen in a post on X. Kiswani told the Chronicle she felt crushed. She said her organization is in contact with family members and others in Palestine to get more details about what happened. 'They have deep ties to folks in the Bay Area, that's why we wanted him to speak out about what's happening in Palestine,' Kiswani said in an interview. Hathaleen and his cousin were scheduled to speak in Alameda, Santa Clara, Oakland and other Bay Area cities, but they never made it out of SFO. U.S. Customs and Border Protection deported the two back to Qatar a day later. CBP said in a statement at the time that 'after an interview by CBP, the individuals failed to establish they were admissible to the U.S. As such, they withdrew their applications for admission and departed the U.S.' Phillip Weintraub, a member of Piedmont's Kehilla Community Synagogue, told the Chronicle he was shocked by the news of Hathaleen's killing. He organized one of the speaking events that Hathaleen was meant to participate in in June. 'I'm just devastated,' he said. 'Still in shock that this has happened.' Weintraub said that on Sunday night, Awdah gave a talk via Zoom about his treatment during his stay at SFO. Weintraub said Awdah told the audience he was treated 'harshly the first day and… much kinder the second day.' Weintraub said the two were initially told they would be banned from coming into the U.S. for five years, but after conversations with immigration officials, they opted to return to Qatar and have their visas revoked. 'Our impression was that the political pressure had some impact on how harshly immigration officials were responding,' Weintraub said. Ko Lyn Cheang contributed to this report.
New York Post
5 hours ago
- New York Post
Pro-life Texas pol accused of affair with stripper and paying for abortions — as she shares torrid Chuck E. Cheese claim
A pro-life Texas state lawmaker accused of having a years-long affair with a former stripper — and paying for multiple abortions. The woman, Alex Grace, who came forward in a video posted on the Current Revolt Substack. She alleged that Republican state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione paid for 'meetups' with her along with 'several abortions for his own personal gain' starting when she was just 18. 'I know that Giovannie Capriglione has been having affairs since 2005 because it's me. I'm her. I'm not proud of it, in fact I'm ashamed of it. Hopefully, you can keep in mind that we all have a past and I wish I could say for him that that was the worst of it, but it's not,' Grace alleged in a TikTok. Advertisement She alleged that the relationship turned sour after he began playing out his 'foul' fantasies — while he worked to 'erode away at women's rights.' In one instance, he made her pick up cash near a dumpster behind a Chuck-E-Cheese, she says. 3 Texas Rep. Giovanni Capriglione has touted himself as a pro-lifer. Aaron E. Martinez/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Advertisement Capriglione, 52, dropped his reelection bid for his seat in the suburbs north of Fort Wort just three days before Grace's video surfaced — then came clean about the affair. However, the pol — who hails from tony Southlake — denied paying for any abortions and vowed to pursue 'legal remedies' over her claims. 'Years ago, I selfishly had an affair. I'm not proud of this. Thank God my wife and family forgave me, and we moved past it and have the strong marriage we do today,' he said in a statement. 3 Alex Grace made the serious accusations in a video published just three days after he dropped his reelection bid. TikTok / @alaskaunicornco Advertisement 'I have never, nor would I ever, pay for an abortion,' he added. On his campaign website, Giovanni touts himself as 'a pro-life leader with a 100% pro-life voting record,' who 'voted to defund Planned Parenthood and authored and passed numerous pro-life bills, including the Pro-Life Abortion Trigger Ban bill.' The 'trigger ban' made performing abortions punishable by up to life in prison. Advertisement 3 Capriglione poses with his wife in a candy store. Facebook / Giovanni Capriglione Grace said she was working as an 18-year-old exotic dancer when she first met Capriglione, who came into her club in 2004 and appeared to be 'a very straight-laced businessman,' according to the Texas Tribune. Their relationship blossomed as Capriglione returned every few weeks, she said. 'We became close friends,' she said. 'He was magnetizing. He was outwardly genuine and kind. … He was the one who reminded me to keep my head up. He was the one that encouraged me. He pushed me to succeed more in life.' They would first meet up at his office, before moving to hotels and later his home while his family was away, Grace alleged. She claimed that Capriglione's wife even 'encouraged' the tryst. 'Stop feeling bad for his wife, she encouraged it. Quit assuming that every pregnancy that was terminated were mine, quit assuming I was the only one,' she said. She said that she eventually had to break off their relationship, claiming, 'It was when his fantasies were so foul and seeing the political moves that he was making were continuing to erode away at women's rights… that was the catalyst for me taking the step back.' Advertisement Capriglione gave Grace 'gifts' and cash over the course of their relationship, she said. Grace described one instance when Capriglione allegedly arranged to meet up at an address that turned out to be a Chuck E. Cheese, according to the Texas Tribune. 'He told me to go to the back of the building and next to the dumpster there would be a rubber mat. Look under it,' she recalls him telling her. 'And under this rubber mat was an envelope with money.' Grace said the relationship started to fizzle out in 2012, when he was elected to the state legislature, according to the Texas news outlet. Advertisement Sometime between 2019 and 2020 the two had a phone call, where Grace shared her outrage with the lawmaker's views, she said. She claimed that Capriglione hung up and the two never spoke again.
Los Angeles Times
6 hours ago
- Los Angeles Times
Plea deal ends hate crime case from attack on pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA
A man charged with a hate crime for his role in a wild mob attack on a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA last year has entered a diversionary program to avoid jail time, marking the end of the first and only felony case filed in connection with the violence. Malachi Marlan-Librett, 28, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, battery and a hate crime for two different incidents on the UCLA campus last year, court records show. Under the terms of a July 7 plea deal he must attend 90 hours of therapy and anti-bias training, according to court records. If he complies, all charges will be dismissed. Marlan-Librett allegedly attacked 'protesters with chemical weapons' and yelled racial epithets during the melee on May 1, 2024, according to a civil lawsuit filed against UCLA by many of the pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Video published by CNN last year also shows a man identified as Marlan-Librett kicking people and trying to hit them with a broken broom. Attorney Judah Ramsey, who is listed in court filings as a victim in the case, said Marlan-Librett followed him to his car in a UCLA parking lot and shoved him after Ramsey left the encampment on April 28, 2024. Video provided by Ramsey corroborates his account. Ramsey told The Times he believed Marlan-Librett began following him because he was wearing a keffiyeh scarf. 'From the moment he saw me he, started screaming expletives at me: 'F— this, f— you,' Ramsey said. An attorney for Marlan-Librett did not respond to inquiries from The Times. Video from the April 28 incident shows Marlan-Librett and another man approach Ramsey and two women and begin screaming at them. 'What is wrong with you? Why do you support terrorists?' one man asks. A spokeswoman for the L.A. County district attorney's office said the defendant's 'youth and lack of a criminal record were among the factors considered in' offering him a diversionary plea deal. Marlan-Librett graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2019 and attended a film program at UCLA one year later, according to the CNN report. His IMDb page shows he has served as a producer on a handful of small films in the past few years. While hundreds of people were arrested last year after pro-Palestinian demonstrators erected encampments at both UCLA and the University of Southern California, very few faced criminal charges. Marlan-Librett was the only defendant charged with a felony. Los Angeles City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto filed two other misdemeanor cases related to violence at the encampment. Edan On, 19, was caught on camera swinging a pipe at residents of the encampment last year, records show. On's passport was seized after his arrest, but returned to him after the L.A. County district attorney's office declined to bring felony charges. Before Feldstein Soto charged On with misdemeanor battery earlier this year, reports surfaced suggesting he'd left the country and joined the Israel Defense Forces. On has yet to appear in court for his current case and his attorney has repeatedly declined to speak to The Times. Matthew Katz, a pro-Palestinian protester, was also charged with battery, false imprisonment and resisting arrest at the encampment. He denied all wrongdoing through his attorney, Sabrina Darwish. 'It is deeply concerning that the City Attorney's Office would move forward with charges that lack both legal merit and evidentiary support. Mr. Katz is the only protester charged from the pro-Palestinian encampment, which resulted in over 200 arrests last year,' Darwish said in an email. 'The decision to prosecute appears to be an overreach influenced more by public pressure than by the rule of law.' Feldstein Soto's office declined charges against 338 protesters arrested on both campuses last year on suspicion of charges including failing to disperse and trespassing. Seven additional allegations of resisting arrest, disturbing the peace, battery, vandalism and assault related to the protests were either declined for prosecution by Feldstein Soto or resolved via a pre-filing diversionary process, records show. Ramsey believed Marlan-Librett received a lenient punishment and compared the relative lack of consequences to the broader conflict in Gaza, where Palestinian death tolls are surging in the wake of the Israeli government's continued bombardments and opposition to the flow of humanitarian aid, including much-needed food and medicine. 'I can guarantee you if it was anybody else there wouldn't be this little slap on the wrist. It's a microcosm of what's going on in Palestine ... punishments are few and far between,' Ramsey said. Times staff writer Jaweed Kaleem contributed to this report.
