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Suleiman Hathaleen: How a 73-year-old defied Israeli occupation

Some 15,000 Palestinians attended his funeral in his hometown of Umm al-Khair. two weeks after he was - allegedly deliberately - run over by an Israeli tow truck [Nasser Nasser/AP Photo]

Hebron, Occupied West Bank – Suleiman al-Hathaleen, 73, never backed down from an opportunity to confront Israeli forces in Masafer Yatta, Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.

With a white scarf covering his long, grey hair and nothing more than a wooden staff in one hand, Suleiman was often seen fiercely attempting to block Israeli bulldozers from demolishing Palestinian homes, or tractors from razing Palestinian land.

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