Palestinian victims of Israeli settler attacks face battle for justice

Occupied East Jerusalem — Sixteen years after Ziad’s death, Moira Jilani still waits to hear the footsteps of her husband sound up the stairs of their home in Shu’fat, occupied East Jerusalem.She still lives at her mother-in-law’s building, where she and their three girls used to wait excitedly for Ziad to return home from work.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4How China and Russia could hobble Trump’s plans to isolate Iranlist 2 of 4Palestinians, UK condemn Israel’s ‘destructive’ E1 settlement planlist 3 of 4Palestinian factions explore broad alliance for November electionslist 4 of 4Israel numbers Palestinian detainee foreheads: What we knowend of listThe first thing Moira remembers about Ziad is his laughter. Not the video that Israeli rights investigators pieced together of his final moments, nor the word “terrorist” that Israeli police attached to him hours after he died.An old Christian friend of Ziad had recently dreamed of him and called to check in on her. Ziad would bring Moira along to the b’nei mitzvahs and weddings of Israelis he knew.“He didn’t have … hatred for anybody. He was just that kind of personality that drew you in,” Moira told Al Jazeera.On the d...