Tariq Hathaleen

Tariq Hathaleen is an activist, English teacher and a community leader from Umm Al-Khair

Recent Articles

A Palestinian child reads her schoolbook in front of newly erected barbed wire fence bearing Israeli flags, which Israeli settlers put up to block the passage of Palestinian teachers and students from their homes in the village of Umm Al-Khair to their school, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, April 13, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

Despite global outrage, Israel is still blockading our children’s education

It’s been three weeks since settlers fenced off my students’ path to school, trying to show that Umm Al-Khair has no future. We refuse to let them win.

By Tariq Hathaleen May 5, 2026

Khalil Al-Hathalin, a representative of Umm Al-Khair’s residents, indicates on a map the area of the village threatened by Israeli demolition orders, in Umm Al-Khair, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, October 29, 2025. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

In Umm Al-Khair, erasure seems only a matter of time

With demolitions looming and settler violence escalating, our community faces a coordinated push to break our spirit and uproot us from our land.

By Tariq Hathaleen and Ahmed Hathaleen November 20, 2025