Shireen

Abu Akleh

Najwan Abdul Wahab

May 11, 2024

Finishing it now aboard its sturdy contoured back.

Snug in my window seat next to a seemingly nice-ish couple.

Trip for those curious ⬇️

Leaving

Najwan Abdul Wahab

May 11, 2024

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I first heard about Shireen this morning listening to Al Jazeera’s | The Take podcast. She was a dual Palestinian-American national killed in the occupied West Bank, May 11 2022, by an Israeli soldier. An Al Jazeera journalist for 25 years. She was 51 years old…

Al Jazeera Article | May 11 2022 ⬇️

Shireen Abu Akleh: Al Jazeera reporter killed by Israeli forces

They (🇮🇱) did say sorry a year later…

The Israel Defense Forces has apologized for the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a year to the day after she was killed by a bullet to the back of the head while covering an Israeli military operation in Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
It is the first time the IDF has apologized for the killing of the well-known correspondent, after conceding last year that there was a “high possibility” she was shot by an Israeli soldier.

Just (everything) short of actual tangible accountability, remorse, punishment and/or justice (of course)

While the IDF admitted for the first time last September that there was a “high possibility” Abu Akleh was “accidentally” shot and killed by Israeli fire, its Military Advocate General’s Office said in a statement that it did not intend to pursue criminal charges or prosecutions of any of the soldiers involved.

A Palestinian walks in front of a mural depicting slain Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Mussa Qawasma)

The Arab Center Washington DC held a Memorial Symposium in Shireen’s honor Thursday May 9 2024, and hosted several expert panels on the challenges of covering Palestine.

Full Event Coverage ➡️ https://arabcenterdc.org/event/covering-palestine-a-shireen-abu-akleh-memorial-symposium/

Opening Remarks ⬇️ (Courtesy of Khalil Jahshan, Executive Director of Arab Center Washington DC & Yousef Munayyer, Head of the Palestine/Israel Program)

Two years after the May 11 Israeli military killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, no one has been held accountable for her death.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is now calling on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to release a timeline for the conclusion of its now 18-month investigation into the killing, on the International Criminal Court to investigate the case — as the Abu Akleh family and her employer, Al Jazeera, have requested — and on Israel to cooperate.

Last November, the U.S. Department of Justice notified Israel of the FBI investigation, and Israel said it would not cooperate with the probe. The FBI has not publicly released any findings nor has the investigation led to any statements of responsibility or arrests.

Source: https://cpj.org

The CPJ published a report May 9 2023 titled ‘Deadly Pattern’ ⬇️