Reality is far different from Tlaib’s Leftist, Israel-hating agitprop. Note that the report below states: “According to the State Department and IDF, the bullet was too damaged to determine the origin of the projectile.” Why? Because the “Palestinians” damaged it. Now, why would an innocent party do such a thing?
“Rashida Tlaib urges Biden to get names of IDF troops from Abu Akleh shooting,” by Michael Starr, Jerusalem Post, July 10, 2022:
During his trip to Israel, US President Joe Biden should obtain the names of soldiers involved in the operation in which Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed, US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said in a statement on Friday.
“During his upcoming meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, President Biden must obtain the names of the soldiers responsible for killing Shireen, along with that of their commanding officer, so that these individuals can be fully prosecuted for their crimes by the Department of Justice,” Tlaib wrote.
“Targeted Assassination”
Abu Akleh’s death was likely a “targeted assassination,” said Tlaib, citing a probe by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and open-source intelligence investigations by news outlets such as CNN and The Washington Post.
Tlaib said that the US State Department and FBI must open a criminal investigation of Abu Akleh since she was an American citizen….
“When an American citizen is murdered abroad, it is typically standard procedure for the US to open a criminal investigation,” she wrote. “But in this case, the State Department and the Biden Administration have yet to launch an independent US investigation.”
Inconclusive results
The call for an investigation came in response to the July 4 inconclusive results of joint US-Israeli examination of the bullet that struck Abu Akleh in Jenin on May 11 during a gunbattle between IDF soldiers and Palestinian gunmen.
“The State Department under the Biden Administration declared that it was incapable of even attempting to achieve any measure of justice for an American citizen, Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot and killed by an Israeli sniper,” said Tlaib.
According to the State Department and IDF, the bullet was too damaged to determine the origin of the projectile. However, the US Security Coordinator said that based on the summary investigations by Israel and the Palestinians, it was likely that gunfire from IDF positions was responsible for the death of Shireen Abu Akleh.” The USSC also said that there is no indication that the death of Abu Akleh was intentional….
Istvan Vogel says
Where is the evidence on which her assertions and allegations are based? In the absence of concrete evidence one could allege that it was a North Korean hitman who was hired by Mossad and paid for via a Panamanian bank account where the money was transferred from an account in the Falkland Islands!
Westman says
Her evidence? Grandmother is a “Palestinian” and, “Grandma knows best”
Rashida might be ragingly biased toward anything destructive to Israel. She regularly instructs her son in the use of vulgar words while speaking about Israel.
Andrew Blackadder says
Now why would the Israeli Army want to shoot a Journalist even she was not on the side of the Israelis.
That would make zero sense, she got caught in the cross fire, or some untrained Arab shooting wildly, as they do, shot her by accident.
Wrong place, wrong time.
gravenimage says
So true. Israel has *never* targeted journalists, no matter how anti-Israel and pro-“Palestinian” they may be.
somehistory says
The FBI is a law enforcement agency for inside the U.S. They don’t have the authority to go to another country to investigate a killing that happened in another country. They may do so, but only at the invitation of the other nation.
Since it has not been confirmed to have been “murder,” there is no necessity for the FBI to get involved. It happened due to *war*…the bad guys shooting at the Israelis and the Israelis defending their persons…and she was “there” covering the action. It was a hazard she accepted as part of her assignment to cover it. There was no reason for the Israelis to “target” her for “assassination…a term usually brought out for heads of State.
The photo of the idiot “rep: I observed with the article last evening, was even more hideous than the one on display here. This awful creature is ugly, and evil, inside and out. Her job is to represent people in the U.S. as she speaks and sits in the House. And she gets paid to do that. Paid and doesn’t really have to do anything…just sit there, have her photos taken with members of hamas, complain about Israel, and use her loud, vulgar voice to tell lies.
If Mr. Trump were still in the WH, one can only imagine what he would tell her.
gravenimage says
+1
Ron says
Why an investigation especially in a foreign country.
If Rashid Tlaib is so interested, why doesn’t she go over and do her own investigation, ON HER TIME !
We don’t need to be spending resources on a person who knowingly goes into a WAR Zone, also knowing what the risks are !!
Eva says
Since when does the fbi have any jurisdiction in Israel? And since when does America have the right to meddle in the affairs of a sovereign country, and act as if they own it?
The problem is, with the idiot yair vapid in charge, by the end of biden’s visit, America might well own Israel.
gravenimage says
The FBI has no jurisdiction in Israel. It is only involved in international cases at the invitation of the host nation–typically if the victim is American and the nation where it happened does not have first world investigation capacity. The latter is obviously *not* the case with Israel.
gravenimage says
Tlaib calls killing of journalist ‘targeted assassination’ by Israel, demands FBI open criminal investigation
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Grotesque lies. It is unclear whether she was killed by Israeli or “Palestinian” fire–the latter would not let Israel see the bullets–and even if it was the former this obviously was not targeted.
But the appalling Rashida Tlaib does not care.
Pray Hard says
She always looks like she just ate a pile of excrement.
Jumpmaster173 says
I like that…..
James Lincoln says
There’s a saying, Pray Hard:
“You are what you eat.”
Fitna says
In an alternate reality where Obama the traitorous Muslim wasn’t president, the US govt figured out all of Islam was a danger to western civilization and they deported all Muslims.
Tliab was spewing her vile hate from Gaza while throwing rocks at Israeli cars.
Unfortunately in our reality, the US foolishly allowed her to gain a position of power.
And we’re still waiting for the dumbest kids in the class to catch up to the rest of us.
Brenrod says
“ …the US Security Coordinator said that based on the summary investigations by Israel and the Palestinians, it was likely that gunfire from IDF positions was responsible for the death of Shireen Abu Akleh.”
Who is this obviously incompetent US security coordinator? It is obvious that the bullet was intentionally damaged by those who had control of the bullet which strongly implies a “likely” conclusion that it was not the IDF!
somehistory says
It is a fact that the mzlums in many times past, put their own in danger, in the line of fire, or intentionally caused their kids to be killed so they could pretend to mourn and cry as they blame Israel.
Most likely, the bullet was mozlum, and they just wish to have Israel take the blame…as usual. This woman was just a convenient tool and paid for being there.
The Israeli military are better trained to hit at what, or who ,they aim.
gravenimage says
Seems likely, Benrod. They would not even let the Israelis see it at first.
OLD GUY says
How about the FBI do an investigation into her role in the killing of this reporter? Just as plausible as the Israelis did it.
RP says
I thought the person who shoot the journalist was called Mohammad?