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June 24, 2020

Ahmed Erekat, Nephew of Top Palestinian Official, Shot by Israeli Forces at Checkpoint and Left to Die
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In the occupied West Bank, Israeli officers shot and killed a
Palestinian man Tuesday at a checkpoint east of Jerusalem as he was on
his way to pick up his sister, who was set to be married that same day.
Disturbing video from the scene shows 27-year-old Ahmed Erekat bleeding
but still alive on the street where he was shot. He is the nephew of
senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat, who says Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu was responsible for the death. Later in the
broadcast, we'll speak with Palestinian human rights attorney and legal
scholar Noura Erakat, who is Ahmed Erekat's cousin.


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