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Israeli police attack Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral in Jerusalem

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Live video footage from Al Jazeera showed groups of heavily armed Israeli police officers attacking the large procession, beating people with batons and firing stun grenades into the crowd, and ripping Palestinian flags out of the hands of mourners.

Israeli police attack Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral in Jerusalem

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Killing journalists, attacking funerals: What fuels Israel’s reign of terror?

Rashid Khalidi: Israel Systematically Targets Palestinian Journalists to Hide Reality of Occupation

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Shireen Abu Akleh was a U.S. citizen. She worked at Al Jazeera for a quarter of a century. She was one of the best-known television journalists in Palestine and the Arab world. Israel initially claimed she may have been shot by a Palestinian gunman, but later said it was unclear who shot her. Palestinian authorities accused Israel of committing the, quote, “crime of execution” and rejected an offer from Israel to carry out a joint probe into her death. On Wednesday, Ala’ Salameh, the head of the Palestinian Media Association, spoke out against the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh and other Palestinian journalists.

Rashid Khalidi: Israel Systematically Targets Palestinian Journalists to Hide Reality of Occupation

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The State of Palestine condemns in the strongest terms Israel’s assassination of journalist Abu Akleh

Israel’s ban on Palestinian spouses becomes permanent law– a triumph for ‘Jewish state’

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Israel’s ban on Palestinian spouses becomes permanent law– a triumph for ‘Jewish state’

What Shaked calls “a state of all its citizens” is really what we would normally call a democratic state, where basic rights like family unification are ensured. Whoever is fooled by Israel’s security and “terror” arguments, should read Shaked’s last tweet text again. If you want to summarize it even further, it really just says “A democratic state – 0”.

Why is Israel Amending Its Open-Fire Policy: Three Possible Answers

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

By Ramzy Baroud | MEMO | December 28, 2021

At the outset, the Israeli military decision to revise its open-fire policies in the occupied West Bank seems puzzling. What would be the logic of giving Israeli soldiers the space to shoot more Palestinians when existing army manuals had already granted them near-total immunity and little legal accountability?

Why is Israel Amending Its Open-Fire Policy: Three Possible Answers