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Occupation forces attack the funeral of Shireen Abu Aqleh, the journalist they murdered:
Heavily armed forces are beating up Palestinians carrying Shireen Abu Akleh’s coffin, they’re charging at them with cavalry horses and assaulting them with batons (theyre also kicking those they knock to the ground) and threw sound bombs and stun grenades inside the French Hospital of Jerusalem. Here is the moment of attack:
They’ve besieged the hospital and demand Shireen’s coffin to be hidden inside a hearse instead of her being honored with visible a martyrs funeral being carried over the shoulders of Palestinians
The ocupation yesterday raided the home of Shireen’s family and took down Palestinian flags raised there. They detained Shireen’s brother the day after murdering his sister and ordered “no Palestinian flags. No chants. No walking procession”
Occupation forces have rushed the funeral and continued assaulting Shireen’s family, friends and mourners. They ripped away Palestinian flags (including off the hearse) and are attempting to suppress chants in honor of the martyred journalist
Israeli occupation forces have arrested several mourners for raising the Palestinian flag in occupied East Jerusalem. Abu Akleh’s niece, Lina Abu Akleh, has said Israeli forces are “still trying to silence” her aunt and the mourners gathered for the funeral.
Shireen was a Palestinian Christian and the funeral has moved her body first towards the Church for the service then are moving her towards the Christian cemetery where she will be laid to rest.
The Israeli occupation army asked people “if they are Christian or Muslim”. And Muslims weren’t allowed in to participate in the funeral march. Occupation forces have also prevented thousands of Palestinians from entering the cemetery.
Despite agression and attempts of supression from the occupation Palestinians continue the funeral and resist by still raising Palestinian flags and chanting for Shireen Abu Aqala and for Palestine. Arriving in the dozens of thousands
They murdered her and will not grant her peace even in death, the brutality of the israeli occupation against Palestinians is clear
“One year later, we remember Shireen Abu Akleh for who she was — a beautiful person and fearless Palestinian journalist. We continue to demand accountability for her killing, and we stand in solidarity with all who work to end the Israeli apartheid system that killed her.”
Al-Jazeera veteran Palestinian journalist, Sherine Abu Aqleh, was shot dead by Isreali occupation while covering a raid into Jenin refugee camp, despite wearing a readily identifiable blue PRESS vest.
She was wearing a press jacket and a helmet. She was shot beside her ear where the helmet didn't cover. This was a deliberate doing of Isreali sniper. They targeted and killed a Palestinian journalist.
JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME.
But for Isreal, being a Palestinian living in Palestine is a crime itself.
do you know how evil and despicable you have to be to assassinate a journalist, storm her home while her family is trying to mourn and then attack her funeral? Shireen Abu-Aqleh should still be here, she should still be alive but even in her death will Israel not allow her peace. rest in power Shireen Abu-Aqleh, thank you for everything 🇵🇸
I've struggled a lot with my identity as a Palestinian given that I was a 3rd gen refugee/immigrant. Watching the suffering of my people from the safety of my home in a safe country created this major disconnect between me and my identity. I like to call it survivor's guilt the Walmart version—I didn't actually experience any of the trauma but I still hate myself and feel guilty for being safe. I can't mourn their losses, and I have no right to share in their pride for being survivors against all the odds.
And I didn't watch much news; I didn't get to grow up with the voice of Shireen Abu Akleh narrating the events of the Israeli-occupation of Palestine, but my older cousins did. Hearing of their experiences and the love they had for her as one of the loudest and longest-standing Palestinian voices exposing the occupation's crimes, and seeing the love and respect Shireen's colleagues had for her as their role model and an inspiration to many young Palestinian journalists, and watching all Palestinians come together like one big family to mourn her, fills me with love and admiration for this woman I've never known.
The news of her death were the first time I've heard of her name but I am still so heartbroken by the loss like she was my own sister. I can't imagine what it would've been like to be in Shatha Hanaysha's place: watching your colleague and role model fall to the ground face-first, unable to tell whether she's alive or dead, and every time you try to reach for her the IDF rain hell down on you—the only thing separating you from the onslaught of bullets is a tree.
What can I say except لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله
حسبي الله عليهم
From opening fire on unarmed journalists, to lying about what happened and blaming Palestinians, to shamelessly attacking her mourning family and later on her shroud-bearers, the IDF have shown what rabid uncivilized dogs they are. Israel is filthy scum and if you find it in yourself to empathize with them, to stay "neutral", or you still think a two-state solution is feasible, block me right now because you're vile.
“Over a year later, and still no insight or #justiceforshireen. It is imperative that Congress have oversight on the killing of an American citizen and journalist killed abroad by a foreign government, especially one that receives $3.8B annually from American taxpayers.”