Shireen Abu Akleh: Beware of passive mourners

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Al-Araby

“When I arrived in Jenin, I did not expect to relive this overwhelming feeling” Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aklehwrote last October. “Jenin is still the same inextinguishable flame that is home to fearless young men who are not intimidated by any potential Israeli invasion” she said. “In Jenin, we met people who have never given up hope; they have not allowed fear to infiltrate their hearts and have not been broken by the Israeli occupation forces.” Tragically, it was under a similar Israeli invasion in the same occupied Jenin that she spoke about, that Shireen Abu Aklehfell to an Israe…

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