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The horrific case of the murder of Eyad Hallaq has continued to drag on in Israeli court, denying closure for Hallaq’s family and exposing the bankruptcy of “Jewish democracy.”

In May 2020, Eyad al-Hallaq, a 32-year-old autistic Palestinian man, was running away in fear from a border police officer in East Jerusalem when he was shot from behind. As he lay bleeding on the ground next to his horrified caretaker, Warda Abu Hadid — who pleaded with the border police officer and shouted, “He’s disabled! He’s disabled!” for five minutes — the officer shot him several more times in the upper body. It was a cold-blooded execution doled out by the keepers of Israeli law and order. 

This afternoon, the Israeli Supreme Court responded to an urgent appeal submitted by Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, on behalf of Hallaq’s family. The appeal was submitted against the State Attorney because he had refused to appeal an earlier decision of the Jerusalem District Court to acquit the officer who murdered Hallaq. The Supreme Court’s response to Adalah’s appeal was to give respondents 21 days to file their response to the appeal. ...more........