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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
After the jarring viral images of the violent attack on mourners at the funeral of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jerusalem, following her killing by Israeli forces while covering an Israeli military raid in Jenin two days earlier, there was no turning a blind eye to what had happened. A US citizen who was doing her job as a journalist was killed by a single bullet to her neck while wearing her protective helmet and flak jacket clearly marked ‘Press’. Her colleagues, who witnessed the incident just footsteps away, said the perpetrator was an Israeli soldier. That means th…