The Capital Times · Madison, Wisconsin · 18 May 2022
CP-2022-007
Killing of Palestinian-American journalist demands investigation and accountability
John Nichols, Associate Editor
Transcribed from the clipping
“Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist who earned international respect for her thoughtful, fact-based reporting on conflicts in the Middle East, was killed last Wednesday in East Jerusalem when she was covering an Israeli military raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank… ‘We were going to film the Israeli army operation and suddenly they shot us without asking us to leave or stop filming,’ recalled Al Jazeera producer Ali al-Samoudi, who was wounded by a bullet in the back… ‘It was clear that the Israeli police were involved in an attempt to block and remove any signs of Palestinian nationalism.
Israeli soldiers ripped off Palestinian flags that surrounded her and used tear gas to prevent pallbearers from marching with her body,’ explained Dawud Kuttab, a recipient of the International Press Freedom Award from the U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists.”
Context added by this archive
A Wisconsin weekly, quoting a wounded Palestinian producer, a Palestinian press-freedom figure, and three members of Congress.
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"Killing of Palestinian-American journalist demands investigation and accountability," The Capital Times, 18 May 2022, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2022-007. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2022-007
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