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A renounced Al Jazeera journalist was killed last week during an Israeli raid in the West Bank. Shireen Abu Akhleh was wearing a flak jacket with the word "press" clearly marked. Israelis and Palestinians have traded blame over who fired the fatal shot, while Israel has opened an investigation into heavy-handed police tactics used during Abu Akleh's funeral procession, which almost caused her coffin to fall to the ground. We get analysis with Sherif Mansour, Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Yossi MEKELBERG, Professor of international relations, and associate fellow at the MENA programme, Chatham House
Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a respected veteran of the Al Jazeera network, was shot dead as she covered an Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank. The Qatari state-owned channel said Abu Akleh had been killed "in cold blood" and demanded Israeli forces be held accountable. Israel’s foreign affairs ministry claimed there were "indications" that "Palestinian terrorist fire" caused her death.
Palestinian mourners carry the body of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh from an ambulance to the Al Jazeera headquarters in Ramallah. IMAGES
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