Iyad al-Hallaq
Israeli police officer who killed Iyad-al-Hallaq acquitted
Iyad-al-Hallaq, a 32-year-old Palestinian man with autism, was killed by an Israeli border police officer while he was on his way to school in May 2020. A court has concluded that the officer had acted in self-defense
Israeli officer involved in killing of autistic Palestinian man brought to trial
The accused officer faces the watered down charge of “reckless manslaughter”, despite the victim’s family as well as several politicians calling for the accused to face the more serious charge of murder
Israel closes investigation against security personnel accused of killing mentally ill Palestinian citizen
The family of Mustafa Younis (26) has appealed the verdict of the Israeli public prosecutor which justified the murder as the correct response to a “terrorist attack”