The Palestinian-American journalist was killed on Wednesday during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank.
The European Union (EU) has called itself “dismayed“Friday May 13 by the use of force”uselessby Israeli forces at the funeral in Jerusalem of Palestinian-American journalist Shirin Abu Aqleh, killed Wednesday in an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank.
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According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, 33 people were injured during the funeral, six of whom were hospitalized. Israeli police reported six arrests. “Appalled by the violence in the grounds of St. Joseph’s Hospital and by the unnecessary level of force exerted by the Israeli police throughout the funeral processiontweeted the EU Delegation to the Palestinians.
“Such disproportionate behavior only fuels tensions”
Israeli police stormed the compound of St. Joseph’s Hospital in East Jerusalem, a Palestinian area of the city occupied and annexed by the Jewish state, and dispersed a crowd waving Palestinian flags as they left the coffin of the establishment. “If you don’t stop these nationalist chants, we will have to disperse you using force and we will prevent the funeral from taking place.said an Israeli policeman through a megaphone in the direction of the crowd, according to a video released by the police.
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Footage broadcast by local television shows the coffin of Qatari TV reporter al-Jazeera nearly falling to the ground as Israeli police disperse the crowd. “Such disproportionate behavior only fuels tensions“, according to the EU. “Appalled by the scenes observed today on the sidelines of the funeral and the disproportionate and disrespectful use during the funeral processionDimiter Tzantchev, EU Ambassador to Israel, also commented on Twitter. “Maintaining public order can be done by other means“, he said.
Israeli police said they asked the crowd to arrest the “nationalist songs» and blamed «violent rioters trying to disrupt the funeral procession“. Stones were thrown in the direction of the police who wereforced to use riot dispersal means“, according to her. Shirin Abu Aqleh’s coffin was eventually transported to the Old City where a mass was celebrated in a church, before burial in a nearby cemetery.
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The 51-year-old journalist was shot in the head while covering an Israeli operation in the Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin, in the northern West Bank, Palestinian territory occupied by Israel. Israel, after saying she had “most likelydied of Palestinian fire, said he did not rule out that the bullet was fired by his soldiers. The Palestinian Authority, al-Jazeera and the Qatari government accused the Israeli army of killing her.
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