Palestinian youngsters carry candles and photos of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, to sentence her killing, in entrance of the workplace of Al Jazeera in Gaza Metropolis on the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Could 11, 2022. Abu Akleh was shot and killed whereas protecting an Israeli raid within the occupied West Financial institution city of Jenin early Wednesday. Adel Hana, Related Press
Colleagues and mates react because the Palestinian flag-draped physique of veteran Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is delivered to the information channel’s workplace within the West Financial institution metropolis of Ramallah on Wednesday, Could 11, 2022. Abu Akleh, 51, was shot and killed whereas protecting an Israeli navy raid within the occupied West Financial institution city of Jenin. The broadcaster and a reporter who was wounded within the incident blamed Israeli forces. Abbas Momani, Related Press
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., requested the State Division to analyze the demise of a Palestinian American journalist who was killed whereas reporting on an Israeli navy raid within the West Financial institution final month.
In a letter Monday to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the 2 senators are requesting a “full and clear investigation” into the demise of Shireen Abu Akleh, who was fatally shot whereas reporting close to the town of Jenin on Could 11.
Who was Shireen Abu Akleh? Abu Akleh was a longtime TV correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic and a family title within the Arab world. She reported within the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories for 25 years.
How she died: Reporters who have been together with her when she was killed stated it was clear that Israeli troops fired the deadly pictures, per The Washington Submit. The Related Press discovered in a overview that proof steered “the bullet that minimize her down got here from an Israeli gun.” Israeli officers stated she was killed in an trade of gunfire however stated they'd not decided who fired the deadly shot. Abu Akleh died whereas carrying a helmet and a flak jacket labeled “Press.”
Colleagues and mates react because the Palestinian flag-draped physique of veteran Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is delivered to the information channel’s workplace within the West Financial institution metropolis of Ramallah on Wednesday, Could 11, 2022. Abu Akleh, 51, was shot and killed whereas protecting an Israeli navy raid within the occupied West Financial institution city of Jenin. The broadcaster and a reporter who was wounded within the incident blamed Israeli forces.
Abbas Momani, Related Press
What the letter says: Romney and Ossoff wrote that they're “deeply disturbed” by the killing of Abu Akleh.
- “We urge that the State Division guarantee there's a full and clear investigation and accountability for Ms. Akleh’s demise.”
- “The killing of a U.S. citizen and of a journalist engaged within the work of reporting in a battle zone is unacceptable.”
- “Everywhere in the world, journalists pursue fact and accountability at nice private threat. Press freedom is a core American worth, and we can not settle for impunity when journalists are killed within the line of obligation.”
Romney and Ossoff “insist” justice is served for Abu Akleh’s demise. They requested the State Division to supply an in depth replace on the progress of the investigation inside 30 days.
The State Division didn't reply to a request from The Washington Submit for remark in regards to the letter or whether or not the Biden administration would launch an investigation. Final month, State Division spokesman Ned Value stated Israel had the “wherewithal and the capabilities to conduct a radical, complete investigation,” the Submit reported.