‘No Other Land' director on contributor's death in West Bank
Odeh Hadalin is a Palestinian teacher and activist who campaigned against illegal Israeli settlements and settler violence.
He also helped make this year's Oscar-winning film No Other Land which documents Israeli attacks on the Palestinian community of Masafer Yatta.
It was there that he was shot dead, reportedly after a confrontation between villagers and settlers who were using a bulldozer to destroy property.
An extremist settler, previously sanctioned by the US, has been arrested. Around a thousand Palestinians have reportedly been killed in the West Bank in the last two years amid an increasing wave of settler and Israeli military violence.
Joining Matt Frei on this week's episode of The Fourcast is the Palestinian film-maker Basel Adra. He co-wrote and co-directed No Other Land and was a friend of Odeh.
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