Shireen Abu Akleh

Council also calls for immediate investigation into the death of the Al Jazeera journalist who was shot on Wednesday.

It said Israeli forces returned fire, and that without doing ballistic analysis, it was not able to determine who was responsible for her death. It also came amid a high rate of attacks against Palestinian journalists. Abu Akleh, an internationally respected veteran journalist for Al Jazeera, was shot by Israeli armed forces as she covered a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. She was wearing a helmet and a vest that clearly identified her as a journalist.

In an interview with CPJ, Hanaysha recounted the incident and spoke about Abu Akleh's influence in the occupied Palestinian Territories and beyond. Abu Akleh's ...

Most of the time, Shireen was the one covering the news. She was magnificent. She was killed in Jenin and buried in Jerusalem. Every Palestinian village mourned her. Both on the personal and professional levels, she was great. There weren’t any clashes, not even burning tires, which was the reason we had kept going – in order to get closer to the action and cover what was happening. We were fired upon from an area above us and shots hit the tree I was standing behind from above. Back when I was young, there weren’t many news outlets, only Al-Jazeera. This channel was in every Palestinian house, we followed all the news on it. We were facing a house and an open space. We moved about 100 meters [328 feet] and then the shooting started at us. I looked at Shireen and I thought that she just fell down. I heard the shots but couldn’t imagine they were directed at us. Abu Akleh’s funeral was also met with violence as Israeli forces beat up mourners.

Israeli police officers charge at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, amid ongoing historical tensions ...

Abu Akleh's death has drawn widespread condemnation. Egypt, Qatar and Al Jazeera condemned the police's conduct. - UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said the scenes were "very shocking" and the EU said it was appalled

The scenes of violence were likely to add to the sense of grief and outrage across the Arab world that has followed the death of journalist Shireen Abu ...

The PA has refused, saying it will conduct its own investigation and send the results to the International Criminal Court, which is already investigating possible Israeli war crimes. The network added that it remains committed to covering the news and will not be deterred. Her grave was decorated with a Palestinian flag and flowers. “We regret the intrusion into what should have been a peaceful procession.” “The policemen were forced to act,” police said. It claims all of the city as its eternal capital and has annexed the eastern sector in a move that is not internationally recognised. The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as the capital of a future independent state. Thousands of people, many waving Palestinian flags and chanting “Palestine! Palestine!” attended the funeral. The conflicting claims to east Jerusalem often spill over into violence, helping fuel an 11-day war between Israel and Gaza militants last year and more recently sparking weeks of unrest at the city’s most sensitive holy site. As the helmeted riot police approached, they hit pallbearers, causing one man to lose control of the casket as it dropped toward the ground. Abu Akleh, 51, was a household name across the Arab world, synonymous with Al Jazeera’s coverage of life under Israeli rule, which is well into its sixth decade with no end in sight. It said it could not determine who was responsible for her death without a ballistic analysis.

Graphic scenes of police clashing with mourners have emerged, just days after the well-known journalist who covered the Middle East conflict for 25 years ...

Israeli forces on Friday resumed raids on the outskirts of Jenin, where Ms Abu Aqla was killed, and the Palestinian Health Ministry said 13 Palestinians had been wounded. "We're here because we are screaming for justice. The Israeli military said on Friday that its initial investigation "concluded that it is not possible to unequivocally determine the source of the gunfire which hit and killed Ms Abu Aqla." The Palestinian Attorney General's office issued a statement on Friday saying initial investigations have found that the sole source of gunfire in the area where Ms Abu Aqla was hurt was Israeli. Her grave was covered in wreaths and the Palestinian flag draped over the grave cross as mourners surrounded it, paying tribute to Ms Abu Aqla. Ms Abu Aqla, who had covered Palestinian affairs and the Middle East for more than two decades, was shot while reporting on an Israeli raid in the West Bank on Wednesday.

Arab journalist's shooting highlights challenges Palestinians face in holding the Israeli army to account for civilian deaths.

Israeli police violently disrupted the funeral of slain Al Jazeera journalist and Palestinian American icon Shireen Abu Akleh while the world looked on.

Abu Akleh is perhaps the most high-profile journalist to be killed there, but she is by no means the first. Israel has, for years, unofficially prohibited the expression of Palestinian identity and culture in occupied East Jerusalem out of fear that such public expressions could undermine its attempt to control the society and derail its plan to demographically alter Jerusalem’s ethnic composition and skew it in favor of the Jewish state. Israel’s wishful thinking is that by prohibiting symbols and expression of Palestinian identity and nationality, it can cause Palestinian character to be permanently ripped out of the city’s ancient fabric. Israeli police wanted to deny Abu Akleh’s family and the public from publicly grieving the national icon and journalistic hero because they didn’t want her funeral to serve as a reminder of the national cause for liberation, dignity and independence. Video shows police attacking mourners and pallbearers, beating them with batons, and at one point, almost causing pallbearers to drop the coffin. As I have been told by colleagues close to the family, those police had communicated to the family that they did not want a public procession out of fear it would be a public disturbance.

In a rare example of unity council calls for an immediate, impartial investigation into journalist's death.

The EU said it was “appalled by the violence in the St Joseph hospital compound and the level of unnecessary force exercised by Israeli police throughout the funeral procession”. Earlier, the US said it was “deeply troubled to see the images of Israeli police intruding into her funeral procession”. In a rare, unanimous statement the security council also called for “an immediate, thorough, transparent and impartial investigation into her killing”.

Israeli police say the investigation will be concluded in the coming days, adding that the organisation would "draw lessons from the incident".

Israel’s military said earlier Friday that she was killed during an exchange of fire with Palestinian militants, and that it couldn’t determine the source of the shot that killed her. The PA has refused, saying it will conduct its own investigation and send the results to the International Criminal Court, which is already investigating possible Israeli war crimes. “Every family deserves to lay their loved ones to rest in a dignified and unimpeded manner,” he tweeted. As helmeted riot police approached, they hit pallbearers, causing one man to lose control of the casket as it dropped toward the ground. The prosecutor said the investigation would continue. They also illustrated the deep sensitivities over east Jerusalem — which is claimed by both Israel and the Palestinians and has sparked repeated rounds of violence.

Israeli police say they will hold an investigation "into the events that ensued during the funeral" procession of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on ...

Blinken offered "his deep condolences for their loss," the official said. "When Omer Bar-Lev was appointed as Israel's Public Security Minister, he issued a directive limiting confiscation of Palestinian flags from demonstrators to cases where there is an immediate risk of disturbance of the peace. "Israel Police prepared yesterday to facilitate a calm and dignified funeral for journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and had coordinated the funeral arrangements with her family. I loved Shireen. She was the voice of all Palestinians," she said. These lessons will be presented to the police commissioner and then to me," he added. showed officers striking mourners with batons, forcibly taking down Palestinian flags, and arresting individuals carrying the flag.

Israeli officials have said officers who struck pallbearers Friday were seeking to carry out a plan agreed upon with the family of Shireen Abu Akleh, the 51- ...

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Growing up, many Arab diaspora homes in Kenya watched Middle-Eastern satellite TV for connection to our lands. Shireen Abu Akleh helped me understand that ...

Our news and analysis is available to everyone – which is why we need your support. Shireen was our home and we will always resist dispossession of our homes. To fight for justice for Shireen, is to fight for liberation. Even in her death Shireen continues her work to show the futility of the occupation, its disregard of human life, and even more so, its fragility. They refuse to allow her to rest in peace, they invaded the sanctity of her send off. It reminded me of Sana’a, and it reminded us that liberation is collective. She reminded us that we were away from our homes but our goal is to return. Today and for the past three days, my childhood was re-ignited, Shireen’s voice filling our home and constant watching of Al Jazeera following her funeral services and processions. Her voice formed the intricate fabrics of our childhoods, miles apart from war-torn Yemen. During the second intifada we saw her on our screens more and more, she reminded us that even our safety is temporary. In my parents’ Nairobi home, this was my first reminder that we are living, but this isn’t our home. All through my childhood, we only had access to the Arabsat satellite dishes, and all we knew was Arabic TV. At the time me and many of my friends and cousins were more interested in watching MBC 3, a channel of joy through cartoons and animation. We were introduced to her through gatherings of community, where family would flock into the TV room to watch the news.

For over two decades, she kept them informed on the occupation of Palestine – despite enormous personal risks. This week, she was killed while reporting on a ...

“This is an attack on the truth … And not only for journalists here, but journalists all over the world. What journalists in Palestine are doing is the main protection for the Palestinian people.” And that is because of the brilliance that is ethical journalism.” “Just her being there on the frontlines, it meant that there was some kind of hope. As an independent and local nonprofit, our news is accessible to all, regardless of what they can afford. They said that Akleh was killed during the raid but that “it is unclear what exactly led to her death.” Our reporters hold powerful interests accountable to protect your quality of life. “Israel blatantly attacked the press. “She was our voice in Palestine because we could not see the truth here. “And you’re constantly told, ‘Oh, it’s too complicated.’ You can turn to honest ethical journalism and you’ll see that it’s actually not complicated. It’s part of our earliest awareness of our identity as Palestinians.“Rania Sbaita, 22-year-old Irvine resident and Cal State Long Beach student The Israeli Defense Force says it’s not clear how she died but say they’re investigating the killing.