Shireen Abu Aqleh Passed Away!

American journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh was killed by the Israeli military.

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A Palestine-American journalist was shot and killed by the Israeli Defence Force. The Israeli government at first tried to blame Hamas but of course, cameras do not lie and it appears the military committed a war crime.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Congress and Al Jazeera Media Group were notified.

Of course, Biden and Congress won't condemn Israel and the United Nations will be blocked from criminal inquiries due to the U.S., the United Kingdom and European Union member states refusal to hold President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Natafi Bennett accountable for human rights violations. 

On top of that, the lawmakers, media agitators, lobbyists here are willing to tarnish critics of Israel and its government as anti-semitic. I know this incident will make the Russian Federation respond to the hypocrisy the U.S. holds to criminal acts of war.

Further evidence that Palestinian Islamic Jihad thought the shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh was an IDF soldier: here Palestinians rush to the scene and shout “pick him up” only to realize it’s a woman.

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— Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר (@emilykschrader) May 11, 2022

Israeli forces raid the house of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh who was shot dead by Israeli snipers. pic.twitter.com/R8pZM606bm

— SueHsy 🇵🇸 💙💜 (@Thehopper7) May 11, 2022

Urgent: Al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Aqleh was shot by the occupation in #Jenin refugee camp and her condition is close to danger pic.twitter.com/yayf4CAErh

— Palestine News 24/7 (@PaliNewsBot) May 11, 2022

Shireen Abu Akleh was killed while covering the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Abu Akleh, a longtime TV correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic, was killed on Wednesday while covering Israeli army raids in the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.

She was rushed to a hospital in Jenin in critical condition, where she was declared dead shortly after, at 7:15 am, according to the ministry and Al Jazeera journalists.

Abu Akleh was wearing a press vest and was standing with other journalists when she was killed.

Another Al Jazeera journalist, Ali al-Samoudi, was also wounded by a bullet in the back at the scene. He is now in stable condition.

The head of the medicine department at al-Najah University in Nablus confirmed that Abu Akleh was shot in the head. He said that her body was transferred for an autopsy based on an order from the public prosecution.

Clearly she was wearing a blue vest saying press and they still shot her. They decided to claim that it was attacks from militants and Hamas. Every time the Israeli government kills a journalist, they run on the lie that the reporter camouflages with the terrorists.

The U.S. calls for investigations into the matter. Yet, nothing gets off the ground. We honored those journalists who were killed and injured in Ukraine but we ignore the journalists who were killed and injured in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, The Philippines, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Dufar, Sudan, China, Colombia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Myanmar, Mexico, Bangladesh, Egypt, Libya, Brazil, India, Pakistan, Somalia and North Korea.

The U.S. needs to hold Israel accountable for violating the rules on building settlements in the West Bank. 

They need to stop allowing the AIPAC and ADL dictate American policies. The ADL is a great organization in combating anti-semitism and hate in the United States, however, they equate criticism of Israel into that which is simply wrong.

AIPAC is a powerful lobbyist firm that advocates policies on behalf of Israel. They often donate to Democrats and Republicans who pledge unfiltered loyalty to Israel.

The pressure continues on American lawmakers to hold the Israeli government accountable. This is not over. You can't put a bandage over a gunshot wound.