The White House said on Friday, May 13 “deeply troubled» by the images of the funeral of the Palestinian-American journalist Shirin Abou Aqleh, marked by a charge of the Israeli police at the start of the funeral cortege.
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“We’ve all seen these images, they are deeply disturbingsaid spokeswoman Jen Psaki. “We deplore the intrusion into what should have been a peaceful procession“, she added. “We asked for respect for the funeral procession, the loved ones of the deceased and the family in this sensitive context“, continued Jen Psaki, paying tribute to the”remarkable journalistkilled in an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
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Unlike the European Union, the spokesperson for the American executive refrained from denouncing the use of disproportionate force by the Israeli forces during the funeral. “When we say that they (these images) are disturbing, obviously we do not justify them“, she limited herself to saying.
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