Tags: Shireen Abu Akleh

Food shortages across Gaza range from “acute” to “catastrophic”– War on Gaza Day 584

Risk of famine across all of Gaza; Hamas frees soldier Edan Alexander; Israeli settlers almost pulled off animal sacrifice in Al Aqsa; more land theft in West Bank; Shireen Abu Akleh; bill would enable Trump to denounce any nonprofit as a “terrorist-supporting organization,” lose tax-exempt status; Google saw Israel as uncontrollable; Gaza flotilla update

A new documentary film reveals the identity of the Israeli soldier who killed the Christian American citizen, as well as a shocking US cover-up. Exclusive interviews with former Biden officials reveal that in order to protect its relationship with Israel, the administration “failed” Shireen Abu Akleh.

Israel’s False Paramedics Story Exemplifies Its Information War Against Palestinians

There are countless examples of Israel’s use of false, yet often unquestioned, narratives to defend attacks against Palestinians. The lies have provided cover for Israel’s persistent violations of international law. Palestinians must be heard, Israel must be held accountable, before it is too late.

‘Different rules’: special policies keep US supplying weapons to Israel despite alleged abuses

Revealed: review of internal state department documents shows special mechanisms have been used to shield Israel from US human rights laws. “Nobody said it but everyone knew the rules were different for Israel. No one will ever admit that, but it’s the truth,” said one former state department official.

Israel has killed 20 journalists with impunity since 2000

The May 11, 2022, killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is part of a deadly, decades-long pattern. Over 22 years, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has documented at least 20 journalists killed by Israeli forces. Despite numerous IDF probes, no one has ever been charged or held responsible for these deaths. The impunity in these cases has severely undermined the freedom of the press, leaving the rights of journalists uncertain.

New evidence confirms Israel deliberately targeted Shireen Abu Akleh

Yet another significant report points to Israeli guilt in the death of Shireen Abu Akleh: new forensic analysis shows she was “deliberately and repeatedly targeted” by an Israeli military sniper taking “precise and careful aim.” Palestinians filing at the ICC state that her assassination was in the context of wider “systematic targeting” of Palestinian journalists by Israeli occupation forces.