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Ahmad Erekat and Israel's 'Shoot to Kill' Policy
Ahmad Erekat and Israel's 'Shoot to Kill' Policy
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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Jul 14, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
On June 23, Israeli soldiers shot Ahmad Erekat after he got into a car accident at a checkpoint. It was his sister’s wedding day. The soldiers denied Ahmad medical assistance for over an hour, leaving him to bleed to death on the street. Host Omar Baddar is joined by Ahmad Erekat’s cousin and Palestinian American human rights attorney and scholar Noura Erakat, and by Ahmad's older brother, Faisal Erekat. Noura discusses the context of Ahmad's killing and Israel's 'shoot to kill policy' and Israel's practice of holding onto the bodies of Palestinians they have slain and keeping them from their families. Faisal talks about who Ahmad was, and about the impact of his loss on the family.
Released:
Jul 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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