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    Israeli Police Killing Of Palestinian Leads To Apologies And Echoes Of The U.S.

    A fatal police shooting of an unarmed Palestinian man with autism in Jerusalem last weekend has stirred protests.
    by Daniel Estrin Jun 05, 2020 2 minutes
    Palestinians lift banners protesting the killing of Eyad Hallaq, a Palestinian man with autism shot dead by Israeli police, and the case of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed by policeman in the U.S., during a rally by supporters of the Fatah movement in the West Bank city of Hebron.

    A fatal Israeli police shooting of an unarmed Palestinian man in Jerusalem last weekend has led to a government apology and protests comparing the case to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

    Eyad Hallaq, 32, was on his way to a school for special needs students in the historic Old City of

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