Although Israel denies responsibility for Abu Akleh’s death, eyewitness accounts from fellow journalists who were with her at the time and video footage confirm the generally-held belief that this was a deliberate murder to stop her from reporting on the truth of the situation in Palestine.
If this had happened to any other journalist almost anywhere else in the world there would have been an outpouring of solidarity from the West. The precious issue of press freedom would be top of the agenda on mainstream news channels.
However, from Britain and the US there has been a shameful silence. Both countries are yet to decide on whether or not they will launch an independent investigation into Shireen’s murder. Indeed, their responses to the killing of Abu Akleh suggest strongly that they have no intention of pursuing a legitimate investigation if it involves Israel in any way, shape or form. Nevertheless, journalists around the world must continue to fight for justice and accountability.
Lila: The shameful complicity of Western Christians in the crimes of Israel and its faux Jewish enablers is proof that not Christ but anti-Christ, mammon, and race worship, are enthroned in churches and synagogues in the West.