Iyad al-Hallak

Supreme Court upholds decision not to appeal acquittal of officer who killed Iyad al-Hallak

The petition argued that the court's ruling sets new legal norms, and failing to challenge them would have significant legal consequences.

Iyad al-Halak, who was killed by Border Police in 2022.
 Mother of Iyad al-Hallak, a 32-year-old special needs student who was shot and killed by a border police officer reacts after a court session at the District court in Jerusalem, July 6, 2023Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Israeli court acquits Border Police officer who killed disabled Palestinian

 Israeli police walk near a security incident scene near the compound known to Muslims as Al-Aqsa or the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 1, 2023.

No security footage of alleged terror attack in Old City, police say

Iyad al-Halak, who was killed by Border Police in 2022.

Trial against police who killed special needs e. Jerusalem man continues


From institutions to Iyad al-Halak – the importance of inclusion

While people with special needs are no longer siloed in institutions, we are far from full acceptance of differently abled people.

BORDER POLICE secure the area outside Jerusalem’s Old City, where officers fatally shot a man they believed was armed.

Tibi demands police turn over al-Hallak footage: What are they afraid of?

Iyad al-Hallak, a young autistic man, was shot by Police in late May. The case is under investigation.

Iyad al-Hallak's grave, his death sparked mass protests over what some say is police brutality

200 protesters demonstrate in Jerusalem's Independence Park against racism

The protest comes in the wake of the killing of unarmed African-American George Floyd by police officers, as well as the killing of Iyad al-Hallak in Jerusalem by Border Police.

200 people gathered in Jerusalem's Independence Park to protest against racism and violence.

Rabbis call for mourning day over George Floyd, Palestinian man killings

“We declare that this Friday we will observe a Taanit. A day of mourning which is to lament over the danger of the diminishing and destruction of human morality."

Protesters in Minneapolis demonstrate against the death in police custody of George Floyd, May 29, 2020

Right from Wrong: Ellen DeGeneres, George Floyd and Iyad al-Halak

SADLY, LOVE, peace and communication are far from the minds of the looters who have been destroying storefronts and stealing anything they can lay their hands on.

77th Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals - Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 5, 2020 - Ellen DeGeneres

Suspect arrested in Jerusalem in Yehudah Glick attack

Glick was severely beaten on Thursday when he visited the bereaved family of Iyad al-Halak, a Palestinian man who was shot by Border Police last Friday.

MK Yehuda Glick on the Temple Mount, December 23, 2018

Jerusalem chief rabbi visits parents of slain Iyad al-Halak

Rabbi Aryeh Stern expressed his pain over killing of special needs man by border police, tells parents he was bringing ' message of peace and reconciliation.'

Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Aryeh Stern visiting parents of Iyad al-Halak who was killed on Saturday by border police

Border Police shoot, kill unarmed special needs student in east Jerusalem

Following the incident, the gates to the Old City were closed by Jerusalem police, in fear of protests. The Temple Mount is scheduled to reopen Sunday.

Palestinians look on as Israeli police set up a checkpoint in the Arab east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Ras al-Amud October 14, 2015

Hamas wants 'intifada' after Iyad al-Hallak shooting, protests expected

On Saturday, a protest titled "Murder in the Streets: Justice for Iyad al-Hallak" is scheduled to start in Jerusalem at 8:30 p.m., while another is scheduled to start in Jaffa at 7:30 p.m.

Israeli policemen patrol a street in the East Jerusalem refugee camp of Shuafat