If it’s so clear that the IDF killed Shireen Abu Akleh, why are the “Palestinians” refusing to allow examination of the bullet? If it’s an open-and-shut case and they have nothing to hide, why are they hiding?
Ilhan Omar, meanwhile, is seeing the case through her own pro-jihad prism, which is to be expected, but is extraordinarily incendiary and irresponsible. Of course, nowadays being incendiary and irresponsible makes one a moderate Democrat.
“Abbas at Al Jazeera reporter’s funeral: ‘We will take Israel to ICC, we don’t trust them,'” by Tovah Lazaroff and Anna Ahronheim, Jerusalem Post, May 12, 2022:
The funeral of Palestinian Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh began on Thursday in Ramallah. Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas said he will go to the ICC to “punish the criminals” as her body travels from Ramallah in the West Bank to Jerusalem where she will be buried.
The Palestinian Authority confirmed on Thursday that it won’t allow Israel to examine the bullet that killed Abu Akleh, even though it is one of the steps needed to determine culpability in her death.
It has also rebuffed requests by Israel to hold a joint investigation into Abu Akleh’s death. The veteran journalist, well known throughout the Arab world for her coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was fatally shot in the also she was shot in the ear while wearing a helmet by a sniper while covering an IDF raid on Jenin on Wednesday.
“Israel has requested a joint investigation and to be handed over [sic] the bullet that assassinated the journalist Shireen, we refused that, and we affirmed that our investigation would be completed independently,” Palestinian Authority Minister and General Authority of Civil Affairs head Hussein al-Sheikh tweeted on Thursday morning.
“We will inform her family, #USA, #Qatar and all official authorities and the public of the results of the investigation with high transparency. All of the indicators, the evidence and the witnesses confirm her assassination by #Israeli special units,” al-Sheikh emphasized.
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz had reached out to the PA in the hours after her death and offered to hold a joint investigation.
A senior security official said that “out of transparency,” Israel offered to have a PA and Israeli representative present during the forensic examination of the bullet, already known to be a 5.56mm one used both by the IDF and Palestinian gunmen….
Army Radio’s military and security correspondent Amir Bar-Shalom said Thursday that the IDF questioned all of the soldiers who were in the area at the time and physically mapped out where they were at the moment the bullet struck Abu Akleh.
According to a preliminary report, none of the snipers shot toward any particular target, he said. Proof of this, said Bar-Shalom, is that there were no armed Palestinians who were hurt….
gravenimage says
Ilhan Omar accuses Israel of killing journalist while ‘Palestinians’ refuse to allow examination of fatal bullet
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I’d wondered about this–now this “Palestinian” refusal to cooperate with the investigation is *very* suspicious. But no doubt Jihad apologists with continue to cite this state in calumny against Israel.
gravenimage says
Interesting stuff from this CBS article:
The Israeli military said its forces came under attack with heavy gunfire and explosives while operating in Jenin, and that they fired back. The military said it was “investigating the event and looking into the possibility that the journalists were hit by the Palestinian gunmen.”
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that based on the information they had already gathered, “there is a considerable chance that armed Palestinians, who fired wildly, were the ones who brought about the journalist’s unfortunate death.”
Israeli officials said there was video of Palestinian gunmen boasting that they had killed a soldier, but that no Israelis were wounded in the incident, indicating they shot a journalist.
Israel said it had proposed a joint investigation and autopsy with the Palestinian Authority, which refused the offer…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shireen-abu-akleh-killed-west-bank-israel-al-jazeera-palestinian-american-journalist/
Fitna says
I’m hoping I live long enough to one day see the Muslims make a wrong move like the way the Japanese did when they attacked Pearl Harbor. So far no matter how evil and dangerous the Muslims prove themselves to be, we just keep taking it and taking it, while they press on with their jihad.
Some positive news I’ve seen come out of European countries is that some nations like Denmark and Sweden are openly talking about deporting Muslims and not just from Right wing parties-who are being more accepted now, surprisingly even some on the Left are taking a tougher stand. Could this be the inflection point we’ve been waiting for?
I just wonder how many more Samuel Paty’s have to get murdered by Muslims until they finally say ‘enough is enough’?
Perhaps the mass invasion of millions of migrants has accelerated the ‘waking up’ process and that westerners are finally realizing they’ve been bamboozled by the UN, OIC and other Muslim dominated groups/organizations who were behind this invasion.
At least there are right-wing, anti-Islam parties in place should the population finally realize Islam is a threat to their country and way of life.