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Wow, attacking people carrying a coffin is pretty bad. (Original Post) Eko May 2022 OP
It seems more likely than not that she was killed by Israeli forces while reporting mn9driver May 2022 #1
That's horrible. 58Sunliner May 2022 #2
They are just trying to prove Russia wrong...... getagrip_already May 2022 #3
WTF sabbat hunter May 2022 #4
Plus 1 Demovictory9 May 2022 #7
Was just reading more context on this Marius25 May 2022 #5
I am assuming you are referring to this article? Eko May 2022 #6

mn9driver

(4,576 posts)
1. It seems more likely than not that she was killed by Israeli forces while reporting
Fri May 13, 2022, 06:37 PM
May 2022

This is a very bad look for Israel.

getagrip_already

(17,435 posts)
3. They are just trying to prove Russia wrong......
Fri May 13, 2022, 07:04 PM
May 2022

That they aren't a bunch of fascist thugs.

Working so far.

sabbat hunter

(6,893 posts)
4. WTF
Fri May 13, 2022, 08:06 PM
May 2022

Were the Israeli cops thinking? Let them have their damn funeral procession in peace. Terrible look for the cops, and the Israeli government.

 

Marius25

(3,213 posts)
5. Was just reading more context on this
Fri May 13, 2022, 09:46 PM
May 2022

from the Washington Post.

They state that a Palestinian Nationalist group grabbed the coffin from the journalist's Christian family and wanted to carry it on their shoulders on another route not approved by the Christian family.

Rocks started flying from some of the Nationalists, which is what prompted the police to get involved.

Every story I've read says the Palestinians took the coffin away from the journalist's family. Her brother actually screamed at them.

Eko

(8,489 posts)
6. I am assuming you are referring to this article?
Fri May 13, 2022, 10:35 PM
May 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/13/shireen-abu-akleh-al-jazeera-israel-jenin/
Or even this one.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/slain-al-jazeera-journalist-to-be-laid-to-rest-in-jerusalem/2022/05/13/3767b978-d29b-11ec-886b-df76183d233f_story.html
If its the second one they go one to note,
Police said the crowd at the hospital was chanting “nationalist incitement,” ignored calls to stop and threw stones at them. “The policemen were forced to act,” police said. They issued a video in which a commander outside the hospital warns the crowd that police will come in if they don’t stop their incitement and “nationalist songs.”

and
Israeli police later escorted the casket in a black van, ripping Palestinian flags off the vehicle as it made its way to the church.

To me it seems there is a lot of anger there, on both sides. I cant see any justification for attacking people carrying a coffin though.
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