Shireen Abu Akleh

Israel Refuses to Probe Soldiers Who Killed Shireen Abu Akleh

May 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Maureen Clare Murphy, published on Electronic Intifada, May 20, 2022 Israel announced that it was not going to launch a criminal investigation into the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, despite all but admitting that a soldier shot and killed her. On Thursday, the Israeli military said it had “identified a soldier’s rifle that may have killed” the iconic[…]

Shireen Abu Akleh’s Aassassination Should Prompt Calls for Sanctions

May 15, 2022 UNAC Editor Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Theo Horesh, published on Mondoweiss, May 14, 2022 Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the neck, just above her bullet proof vest, and just under her helmet, in the West Bank city of Jenin. The precise placement of the shot suggests the killing was intentional. She was a reporter for Al Jazeera and an American citizen. Hence,[…]

In Palestine, to Stand With the Truth Makes You a Target

May 12, 2022 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Ahmed Abu Artima, published on Mondoweiss, May 12, 2022 On Wednesday May 11th, 2022, Israeli occupation forces killed veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin Camp while she was reporting on an Israeli aggression there. Journalist Shatha Hanaysha who was with Abu Akleh when she was shot shared what she saw: “We were a group of journalists all[…]