Distortion: Former Israeli MK’s condolence visit was an “attempted break-in,” in PA’s justification of Fatah member assaulting him

Headline: “The occupation sentences a resident of Jerusalem to pay 60,000 shekels on the claim that he assaulted extremist Glick”

“Localsourcestold[theofficialPAnewsagency]WAFAthattheoccupation’scourtobligatedFatahMovementDeputySecretaryintheWadiAl-Jozarea(i.e.,apredominantlyArabneighborhoodofJerusalem)ArinAl-Za’anin,26,topay60,000[Israeli]shekelsin‘compensation,’ on the claim that he assaulted extremist settler [formerIsraeliParliamentMember]Yehuda Glick when the latter attempted to break into the mourners’ tent of Martyr Iyad Al-Hallaq(seenotebelow-Ed.)approximatelyayearago(sic.,Glickwastheretopayacondolencevisit,beforeAl-Za’aninpushedhimoutofthehouse,shovedhimdownaflightofstairs,andphysicallyassaultedhimtogetherwithaccomplices).

It should be noted that the Israeli occupation police executed Iyad Al-Hallaq, 32, who suffers from autism, on May 25, 2020.”

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 18, 2021]

Iyad Al-Hallaq was a mentally disabled Arab resident of Jerusalem who fled when Israeli border police officers asked him to stop on suspicions he was armed with a handgun, causing them to open fire and kill him at the Lions’ Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem on May 31, 2020.