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Long live the brave Palestinian journalists that put their lives on the line to tell us the monstrous crimes the mafia state of Israel, backed by the West, commits restlessly everyday.
Free Palestine.
The Cradle | An investigative documentary by Zeteo has revealed the identity of the Israeli sniper who murdered iconic Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022: 22-year-old Captain Alon Sacagiu of the sniper platoon in the Haruv Patrol, Kfir Brigade.
Though there was never any accountability for her killing, her blood was ultimately avenged: Sacagiu was killed in a fierce ambush carried out by the Jenin Brigade in June 2024 involving two improvised explosive devices.
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Glory to the Jenin Brigade who avenged her, death to all IOF, death to israel, free Palestine
Documentary sheds light on Biden’s reactions to Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing
The documentary Who Killed Shireen? features interviews from former Washington insiders about why the Biden administration made such a pivot. Its most damaging testimony comes from an anonymous official, who spoke with his face and voice obscured.
In the film, the official claims the evidence available to the Biden administration indicated that Abu Akleh’s death “was an intentional killing”. He said that assessment was based on the “visual capabilities of that day” and the distance between the Israeli snipers and the journalists who were shot.
Another journalist, Ali al-Samoudi, was also wounded at the same time as Abu Akleh, though he survived his gunshot.
“Whether or not they knew it was her [Abu Akleh] or not can very well be debated, but they would have absolutely known it was a media person or a noncombatant at a minimum that [the Israeli soldier] shot and killed,” the anonymous Biden official said.
He added that it was his “belief” that the shooter would have been able to see Abu Akleh’s blue “press” jacket.
The official acknowledged the shift in the Biden administration’s position, from viewing the shooting as “an intentional killing” to describing it as “a tragic accident”. He linked that about-face to the historically close ties the US has shared with Israel.
“Ultimately, I think what it came down to was different pressure within the administration to not try to anger the government of Israel too much, by trying to force their hand at saying they intentionally killed a US citizen,” the official said
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ALTShireen Abu Akleh, pray for Palestine. Pray for all journalists. Pray for Lebanon. Pray for us.
Shireen Abu Akleh (شِيرِين أَبُو عَاقْلَة) (April 3, 1971 – May 11, 2022)
[[MORE]](image: The martyr journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, (detail), Nazareth. «Al Jazeera». Photo: Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Two years ago, Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, and one of the purest souls alive, was murdered by Israeli forces while she was reporting in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. A couple of days later they attacked her funeral, violated her coffin, and beat up the mourners.
Initially, then-Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett falsely accused Palestinian fighters of shooting her – an allegation that was quickly disproven by independent reports. Eventually, Israel admitted that its soldiers killed Shireen and dismissed the incident as an accident, refusing to open a criminal investigation.
Immediately after Shireen’s killing, the administration of US President Joe Biden called for accountability, saying that “those responsible for Shireen’s killing should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law” (Shireen was a dual American citizen). By September 2022, the US dropped its demand that the perpetrators be prosecuted.
Accountability, officials said, could instead be accomplished by Israel changing its rules of engagement — a demand that was openly rejected by Israeli leaders. Washington has also rejected calls for an independent probe into the incident, arguing that Israel has functioning institutions capable of investigating the case.
The truth is, Israel almost never investigates, let alone prosecutes its own soldiers for abuses and should not be trusted to investigate itself. Only one Israeli soldier in Israel’s history has ever been charged for murder on the job, and that was the soldier who killed British photographer and activist Tom Hurndall. He only spent 6 years in jail.
The lack of accountability in Shireen’s killing helped pave the way for the rampant Israeli slaughter taking place in Gaza today, where over 120 journalists have already been killed.
Shireen Abu Akleh is a Palestinian journalist who was murdered two years ago while reporting in Jenin. Her family recently established a Foundation to preserve her legacy.
