NOURNEWS - On June 10, Iyad Hallaq, a 32-year-old Palestinian man with a disability, was shot eight times by police. According to police officers, they thought he was armed, and ordered him to stop as Ayad did not respond they opened fire on him.
Although CCTV cameras in the area recorded footage of the incident, police prevented the media from publishing images of the incident.
The murder of Iyad Hallaq has sparked a wave of protests among the Palestinian people and even Jewish citizens in the occupied territories. Many Palestinians on cyberspace, referring to the murder of George Floyd, also called Iyad's death a sign of racism and called on Israeli officials to respond.
Protesters chanted slogans such as "American and Israeli police have both racist thoughts" or "Both police have racist policies and they are the same" or "They Killed George first and then Iyad" Similiar to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Iyad al-Halq was murdered in occupied Jerusalem.
Following the spread of these protests, there were reactions from some Zionist leaders. Although Netanyahu did not react at first, he was forced to attend a cabinet meeting on Sunday, stating; "What happened to Iyad Hallaq was catastrophic ... He was a man who had limitations and we know he was mistakenly suspected of being a terrorist."
Murder or restriction of a section of society due to racial or religious differences is a clear violation of human rights anywhere in the world, so racist behavior in the United States and Israel is not something that can be ignored.
Based on this; Since the usurping Israeli regime has been racist in nature and has openly committed major crimes in the process of occupying Palestinian territory in the most brutal ways in the past 70 years, including human rights abuses, assassinations and even child murder, It cannot be accepted that a criminal apology like Benjamin Netanyahu was only for human rights concerns.
It seams; The only reason for the Israeli Prime Minister's apology to the child-killing regime is the fear of the consequences of this crime in the midst of global reactions to the assassination of George Floyd in the United States, especially in recent days, Netanyahu's plan to annex other parts of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the Jordan River has been met with widespread internal and external protests.
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