{"id":3391,"date":"2022-06-09T23:53:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T23:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news25.org\/?p=3391"},"modified":"2022-06-09T23:55:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T23:55:25","slug":"shireen-abu-akleh-the-us-still-believes-israel-should-investigate-the-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.news25.org\/shireen-abu-akleh-the-us-still-believes-israel-should-investigate-the-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Shireen Abu Akleh: The US still believes Israel should investigate the case."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The administration of US President Joe Biden has said it still believes Israel should lead the investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist&nbsp;Shireen Abu Akleh.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe continue to call for a thorough, credible investigation that culminates in accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israeli forces fatally shot the veteran Al Jazeera journalist on May 11 while she was reporting in Jenin in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calls for justice for Abu Akleh have grown louder as the one-month anniversary of her killing approaches\u2014and as investigations by&nbsp;the Palestinian Authority, media outlets, and rights groups have concluded that she was&nbsp;targeted&nbsp;by the Israeli military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington has called for accountability&nbsp;while insisting&nbsp;that Israel should lead the investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">US diplomat Antony Blinken called for an &quot;independent&quot; probe of Shireen Abu Akleh&#39;s killing, stressing that facts regarding her murder have not been &quot;established.&quot;<br><br>The Palestinian American journalist was fatally shot by Israeli forces on May 11 \u2935\ufe0f<br><br>\ud83d\udd17: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SIa2n2XnUz\">https:\/\/t.co\/SIa2n2XnUz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3CYNJKMRrI\">pic.twitter.com\/3CYNJKMRrI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJEnglish\/status\/1534799960331284480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>US politics, Canada\u2019s multiculturalism, South America&#8217;s geopolitical rise\u2014we bring you the stories that matter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a heated exchange with a journalist on Tuesday, Blinken stressed that the facts of what happened to Abu Akleh have not been established yet. Still, the top US diplomat for the first time called for an \u201cindependent\u201d investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are looking for an independent, credible investigation. When that investigation happens, we will follow the facts, wherever they lead. It\u2019s as straightforward as that,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Press freedom advocates, rights groups, and dozens&nbsp;of US lawmakers&nbsp;have been calling for an independent body to conduct the probe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Washington had rejected a third-party-led probe early on after the killing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 11, the same day that Abu Akleh was fatally shot, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Israel has the \u201cwherewithal and the capabilities to conduct a thorough, comprehensive investigation\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khalil Jahshan, executive director of the Arab Center Washington DC, a think tank, accused the Biden administration of \u201cplaying with words\u201d, saying that the US position \u2013 calling for a credible probe while saying that Israel should be the one to conduct it \u2013 is incoherent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe confusion is resulting from an inherently contradictory US policy with regards to the investigation,\u201d Jahshan told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/news25.org\/in-michigan-arab-americans-courted-by-biden-angered-by-his-gaza-policy\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1358\">In Michigan, Arab Americans courted by Biden angered by his Gaza policy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/news25.org\/vaccinated-americans-can-now-remove-masks-outdoors-cdc\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1140\">Vaccinated Americans can now remove masks outdoors: CDC<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed that for a probe to be truly independent, Israeli and Palestinian authorities could not take part in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2018Shireen Abu Akleh\u2019s life matters,\u2019 Al Jazeera tells UN\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d-blyQNuV8I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a watchdog, last month called for an international investigation into the incident that should include representatives of the US and Qatari governments. Al Jazeera Media Network is based in Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe investigation into Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh\u2019s killing should meet international legal standards, include US government and Qatari representatives, and focus on revealing and sharing evidence with the UN and other stakeholders,\u201d said CPJ Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator Sherif Mansour in a statement at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe most important outcome of this investigation is that accountability must follow. Forensic reports, findings, and evidence must be shared with international investigators and the public.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Palestinian Authority and Al Jazeera have also&nbsp;referred the case&nbsp;to the International Criminal Court (ICC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this week, the Biden administration, which rejects the ICC push to probe possible Israeli war crimes, reiterated its opposition to the international&nbsp;court\u2019s involvement&nbsp;in investigating the Abu Akleh case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe United States maintains its longstanding objection to the ICC\u2019s investigation into the Palestinian situation,\u201d a US State Department spokesperson told Al Jazeera. \u201cWe call for a thorough investigation into this killing and full accountability. However, the ICC is not the right venue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Journalists pay tribute to Shireen Abu Akleh: \u2018A fighter for truth\u2019\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/96jp-lrYCkE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jahshan said Washington cannot square its self-proclaimed status as the \u201cleader of the democratic world\u201d with turning a blind eye to Israeli abuses. That is why, he added, US officials sound increasingly \u201cinconsistent\u201d when they address Abu Akleh\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel, which has been accused of apartheid by&nbsp;Amnesty International&nbsp;and other rights groups, receives $3.8bn in US military aid annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jahshan said amid pressure from press freedom advocates and rights groups, US officials \u201cseem to be putting their foot in their mouth\u201d every time they face questions about the killing of Abu Akleh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIsrael has to investigate itself; the ICC cannot intervene because it\u2019s Israel; and yet, under pressure, it has to be an independent and transparent investigation.&#8221; Well, you cannot reconcile these three, &#8220;Jahshan said.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The administration of US President Joe Biden has said it still believes Israel should lead the investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist&nbsp;Shireen Abu Akleh. \u201cWe continue to call for a thorough, credible investigation that culminates in accountability.\u201d Israeli forces fatally shot the veteran Al Jazeera journalist on May 11 while she was reporting in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,45,48],"tags":[1527,226,1528,71,12],"class_list":{"0":"post-3391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-top-stories","9":"category-world","10":"tag-investigate","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-shireen-abu-akleh","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-world"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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