Middle East

Family reiterates call for independent US inquiry into killing of journalist in West Bank

Call for ‘meaningful action’ from Washington on shooting dead of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

The family of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, including her brother Tony, her nephew Victor and her niece Lina (centre): Israel also came in for international criticism after clashes during Shireen's funeral in Jerusalem, when police charged mourners carrying Palestinian flags with batons, almost causing the coffin to fall to the ground. Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP
The family of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, including her brother Tony, her nephew Victor and her niece Lina (centre): Israel also came in for international criticism after clashes during Shireen's funeral in Jerusalem, when police charged mourners carrying Palestinian flags with batons, almost causing the coffin to fall to the ground. Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP
Michael Jansen
Fri Jul 29 2022 - 19:33

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