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Autistic victim’s mother accuses police of burying video

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Published: 16 June 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Eyad al-Halak's mother said video would have been released by now if it was an Arab shooting an Israeli Jew; memorial for autistic man erected in Tel Aviv

Iyad al-Halak's mother accuses police, gov't of burying video (Jerusalem Post)
"If it were an Arab shooting a Jew, the video would have been published worldwide the same day"

Activists portray grave of autistic Palestinian shot by police in Tel Aviv centre, call for arrests (Haaretz)
The memorial on Rothschild Boulevard also included a sign with quotes from Eyad Hallaq's counsellor at his special needs centre, who witnessed the shooting

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Seeking to arrest a mentally disabled Palestinian, Israeli troops kill a teenage bystander (Haaretz)
Gideon Levy & Alex Levac: After a special ops unit failed to find a 'wanted,' disabled youth in a refugee camp, a soldier aimed at the roof of a five-story building, his bullet smashing into and killing a teen watching the goings-on

Photo: The exhibition simulating Eyad Hallaq's grave in central Tel Aviv, June 12 (Courtesy of independent activists)
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