Israel's military has apologised for its killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, after a year of denial of its responsibility for the shooting. Shireen Abu Akleh, the correspondent who covered the West Bank for Al Jazeera for two decades, was shot in the back of the head while covering an Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin last May. Occupation forces initially insisted that she […]
INTERNATIONAL The family of Shireen Abu Akleh, the veteran Palestinian-American reporter who was killed by Israeli forces during a military raid in Jenin in May, have welcomed a US decision to open a probe into her death. "This is an important step," a statement from her family on Tuesday said, adding that US authorities have a responsibility to investigate "when a US citizen is killed abroad, especially when they were killed, like Shireen, by a foreign military". […]
INTERNATIONAL Israeli authorities said on Sunday that they would test a bullet that killed prominent Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, despite Palestinian claims they were assured Israel would not take part in testing. The Palestinian Authority on Saturday handed the bullet that killed Abu Akleh to US authorities for forensic examination. Abu Akleh was killed on 11 May while covering an Israeli military raid in the Palestinian city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. Her death sparked Palestinian outrage and widespread […]
INTERNATIONAL US Secretary of State Antony Blinken refused to answer questions on why Israel has not been held accountable over the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, despite eyewitness testimony, media investigations and her employer blaming Israeli forces for her death. During a Summit of the Americas event in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Abby Martin, the host of the independent documentary and interview series The Empire Files, asked Blinken […]
The family of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh announced yesterday that they would follow up on investigations into her murder on both "local and international levels." Speaking to Jordan's Al-Mamlaka, the correspondent's brother Antione said that the Jordanian king had been "very supportive to our family." Israel assassinated Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on 11 May while she was covering the occupation army's storming of Jenin refugee camp. The 51-year-old […]
INTERNATIONAL The Palestinian foreign ministry announced on Monday that it formally asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. "We have documented [the crime] and submitted a file about it to the ICC prosecutor alongside other Israeli violations," Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki told the Anadolu Agency. Maliki called on the ICC to add Abu Akleh's death to other crimes committed by Israel […]
Leading Palestinian rights activist Sheikh Raed Salah told Al Jazeera yesterday that the Israeli occupation authorities are acting "moronically." The veteran campaigner added that the recent Israeli attack on the coffin and funeral of the late journalist Shireen Abu Akleh "proves the stupidity" of the occupation. "The criminal [Israelis] will never accept the blame for the act and support the [Palestinian] victim." The head of the Islamic Movement in Israel went on to say […]
In response to Shireen Abu Aqleh's murder by Israeli sniper, protesters today held 55 paper press jackets outside the BBC headquarters in London to represent the 55 journalists killed by Israel since 2000. This was just one of several powerful visual representations of the ongoing Nakba in today's march for Palestine in London, attended by 15,000 people. "Israel's targeting of Shireen and the disrespect shown by Israeli Occupation Forces at […]
INTERNATIONAL An initial probe by Israeli forces has said Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was about 150 metres (328 feet) away from Israeli troops when she was shot in the neck and killed. Early on Wednesday morning, the Palestinian-American journalist went to the Jenin refugee camp to report on a raid by Israeli soldiers and security forces, which the Israeli military said was conducted to apprehend "terrorist suspects". According to Israeli authorities, the Israeli army's elite Duvdevan […]
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