Killing of Eyad al-Hallaq

Hallaq was heading to a school for students with special needs, and passed through the Lions' Gate checkpoint , where Israeli police officers attempted to stop him and shot at least seven times in his direction. Hallaq fled from the area and hid in a garbage shed nearby, where he was then shot dead by an Israeli officer. The officer later claimed that he thought Hallaq was attempting to murder a screaming woman, who turned out to be his school councilor. On 6 July 2023, an Israeli court acquitted the officer of charges of "reckless homicide" based on his argument that he fired in self-defense and believed Hallaq was attempting an attack. At the court, Hallaq's parents expressed their dismay and shock. His father said the ruling was a "disgrace," and that there is "one justice [system] for Jews and another for Arabs." The court's decision drew Palestinian outrage and focused attention on treatment of Palestinians by Israeli police. The following day, Hallaq's crying mother confronted a group of Israeli demonstrators, including far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir , who called her a terrorist. The minister and other Israeli police officials expressed their support for the officer. Ben Gvir had been campaigning on loosening open-fire rules and shielding security personnel from criminal prosecution. An Israeli state comptroller report found that only 1.2% of complaints against officers in 2021 resulted in indictments. Friends and family of Halaq and the Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization , Saab Erekat , have drawn parallels with police brutality in the United States and the murder of George Floyd . There are <ref group=n> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).

Shooting of autistic Palestinian by Israeli police On 30 May 2020, Eyad al-Hallaq ( Arabic : إياد الحلاق , romanized : ’Iyād al-Ḥalāq ), a 32-year-old unarmed autistic Palestinian man, was shot and killed by Israeli Police in East Jerusalem of the Israeli-occupied West Bank . Hallaq was heading to a school for students with special needs, and passed through the Lions' Gate checkpoint , where Israeli police officers attempted to stop him and shot at least seven times in his direction. Hallaq fled from the area and hid in a garbage shed nearby, where he was then shot dead by an Israeli officer. The officer later claimed that he thought Hallaq was attempting to murder a screaming woman. The woman in question was his school councilor. On 6 July 2023, an Israeli court acquitted the officer of charges of "reckless homicide" based on his argument that he fired in self-defense and believed Hallaq was attempting an attack. At the court, Hallaq's parents expressed their dismay and shock. His father said the ruling was a "disgrace," and that there is "one justice [system] for Jews and another for Arabs." The court's decision drew Palestinian outrage and focused attention on treatment of Palestinians by Israeli police. The following day, Hallaq's crying mother confronted a group of Israeli demonstrators, including far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir , who called her a terrorist. The minister and other Israeli police officials expressed their support for the officer. Ben Gvir had been campaigning on loosening open-fire rules and shielding security personnel from criminal prosecution. An Israeli state comptroller report found that only 1.2% of complaints against officers in 2021 resulted in indictments. Friends and family of Halaq and the Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization , Saab Erekat , have drawn parallels with police brutality in the United States and the murder of George Floyd . Eyad al-Hallaq's mother with his pictures There are <ref group=n> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).