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Shireen Abu Akleh - Copyright Al Jazeera
Find and read below all about how Al Jazeera and other international
press reported about this
horendous killing and devastating loss for I daresay all of us.
Peninsula
19 Aug 2022
By EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: DR. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI
<<Al Jazeera calls for global solidarity to prosecute killers of Shireen
Abu Akleh.
Doha: One hundred days have passed since the brutal and targeted killing
of Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, in Palestine, by the
Israeli occupation forces. The cold-blooded assassination of Shireen
sparked international condemnation of the Israeli occupation forces'
attempts to silence the media by killing journalists.
Evidence has revealed the extent to which the Israeli occupation forces
went in attempting to falsify the narrative in order to evade
international censure and prosecution. Within the past 100 days,
independent investigations were commissioned by the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights and conducted by renowned international
media outlets. The investigations all reached the same conclusion:
Confirming the eyewitness accounts that Shireen was killed by the
Israeli occupation forces. Such conclusions reinforce the assertions of
Al Jazeera Media Network and the Abu Akleh family that Shireen was
deliberately targeted by the Israeli occupation forces. Supported by
these findings, Al Jazeera continues to call for an independent and
impartial international investigation. As part of its global campaign to
bring to justice those responsible for the killing of Shireen and reveal
the truth to the world, Al Jazeera Media Network has mobilised
international legal experts to submit a case file to the Office of the
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. To mark 100
days since the assassination of Shireen, the network organised
solidarity vigils at its headquarters in Doha and across its offices
around the world in which Shireen's colleagues participated.>>
Read more here:
https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/19/08/2022/al-jazeera-calls-for-global-solidarity-to-prosecute-killers-of-shireen-abu-akleh
Daily Times
Web desk
5 Aug. 2022
<<US not seeking independent probe into killing of Shireen Abu Akleh.
A top US official has stated that Washington does not support such an
investigation, despite rising requests for one into the shooting death
of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed by Israeli
soldiers in May. Senator Chris Van Hollen expressed concerns that the
incident is <not getting the attention it deserves> during a hearing on
Thursday, grilling Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of state for Near
Eastern affairs, over how the Biden administration has handled the
situation. The Maryland Democrat Van Hollen informed Leaf that Secretary
of State Antony Blinken had previously demanded an <independent,
credible investigation> into the death of the seasoned journalist, who
was an American citizen. <Just a simple yes-or-no question, is that
still the position of the Biden administration?> Van Hollen asked. <We
have asked that there be a credible investigation,> Leaf responded,
seeming to correct him. When pressed further, she added: <I will have to
come back to you on that, senator, because that has not been my
understanding of where our position was.>
Back in June, Blinken said Washington was calling for an <independent>
probe into the killing. <When that investigation happens, we will follow
the facts, wherever they lead. It's as straightforward as that,> he said.
Back in June, Blinken said Washington was calling for an <independent>
probe into the killing. <When that investigation happens, we will follow
the facts, wherever they lead. It's as straightforward as that,> he said.
The Biden administration's initial strategy, which claimed that Israel
has the <wherewithal and the capabilities to conduct a thorough,
comprehensive investigation,> has since changed, but the State
Department has retracted its statement, telling Al Jazeera that there
has been <no change.>
Advocates for Palestinian rights, who contend that Israel cannot be
trusted to look into its own abuses, were offended by that stance.>>
Read more here:
https://dailytimes.com.pk/977675/us-not-seeking-independent-probe-into-killing-of-shireen-abu-akleh/
Opinion by Gino d'Artali: As I wrote before it was the US that sold out
Palestina after WW2 to a new country to be 'founded': Israel.
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