Palestinian American journalist fatally shot during Israeli raid in West Bank

NBC News ^ | May 10th, 2022 | Phil Helsel and Chantal Da Silva

[shadowlands1960]

The death of Shireen Abu Akleh, a well-known reporter for Al Jazeera's Arabic language channel, sparked immediate outrage in the region and beyond.

A veteran Palestinian American journalist was fatally shot Wednesday morning while covering Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank for Al Jazeera.

The death of Shireen Abu Akleh, a well-known reporter for the broadcast network's Arabic language channel, sparked immediate outrage in the region and beyond.

Al Jazeera, Palestinian officials and another reporter who was wounded in the incident all said she was shot by Israeli security forces. Israel suggested she may have been killed by Palestinian gunmen in clashes during the raid.

Al Jazeera said that Abu Akleh, 51, was wearing a vest identifying her as a member of the press when she was killed. The broadcaster accused Israeli forces of the shooting, saying the journalist was "assassinated in cold blood."

[bert]

Al Jazeera was all over this. It will be propagandized for decades.It was also mentioned on the Jerusalem post but not so harshly .

Nowhere was there mentioned the specific activity that provoked the killing. What provoked the killing? Was a crowd sprayed indiscriminately with bullets.

[SJackson]

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[rmlew]

Fog of war... both sides blaming the other...
The only fog is coming from the PLO, Hamas, and Qatari Islamist news. Israel asked for a public investigation. The PLO and Al Jazeera refused and also refused an autopsy or even a removal and investigation of the bullet. They know who shot her

[Conservat1]

AP calls these fascists as "mourners"...

Biden calls for investigation into Abu Akleh death.

I'm waiting for such grand pronouncements and attention for the 23 journalists killed in Ukraine...or do those journalists not matter as much to Biden since there aren't Jews involved?— Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר (@emilykschrader) May 14, 2022

Bassem Eid @realbassemeid Tweeted (May 13, 2022):

This is a new low… We’ve seen Palestinian extremists like Hamas use women and children as human shields, but today they used the dead body of #ShireenAbuAkleh as a human shield as rioters destroyed neighborhoods in Jerusalem

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Franckalbert @Franckalbert201 Tweeted (May 15, 2022)

CHILE: The death of this journalist shot in early May does not interest the anti-Semitic media. Francisca Sandoval, 30, was shot in the head during clashes on the sidelines of May Day protests in Santiago, Chile.

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