The High Court has yet to rule on whether to order the release of the body of Yaqoub Mousa Abu al-Qia’an, but a decision is expected in the coming hours.
In the meantime, MK Yusuf Jabarin of the Joint List, who is present at the hearing, slams the court for even considering allowing the police to the hold the body of Abu al-Qia’an, who police claim was a terrorist who intentionally plowed his car into officers last week, killing one.
Abu Al-Qia’an was shot and killed by police, though it’s not clear if he was killed before or after the car sped into the group.
“The way the court has managed this hearing is surreal to the utmost. The killed Abu Al-Qia’an, they destroyed his home and the homes of his relatives, and now they are holding his body with no authority,” he says, according to a statement released by the Joint List. “Holding a body for this long after the event is unethical and immoral, and the police are acting like they are above the law.”
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