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UK MPs call for independent probe into Abu Akleh killing

Shadow minister for Middle East and North Africa joins other MPs in demanding accountability for Abu Akleh’s killing.

Al Jazeera

Violence erupts in Jerusalem following Palestinian funeral

Israeli police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets in trying to disperse crowds of stone-throwing Palestinian demonstrators in east Jerusalem

The Independent UK

What is the Lag BaOmer pilgrimage?

The annual Lag BaOmer pilgrimage to Mount Meron in Israel – which in 2022 falls on Wednesday night, May 18 – until recently has attracted as many as half a million visitors every year. The annual gathering, which takes place at what is believed to be the gravesite of the…

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How media reports of 'clashes' mislead Americans about Israeli-Palestinian violence

Israeli police attacked mourners carrying the coffin of slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 13, 2022, beating pallbearers with batons and kicking them when they fell to the ground.

The Conversation

Israel knows it will get away with the attack on Shireen Abu Aqleh’s funeral

The violent scenes in Jerusalem reveal a culture of impunity among the Israeli leadership, says Elizabeth Tsurkov of the Forum for Regional Thinking

The Guardian - UK

Church leaders slam Israeli police attack on Abu Akleh’s funeral

Latin patriarch of Jerusalem accused Israel of ‘disrespecting church’ over police invasion at Abu Akleh’s funeral.

Al Jazeera

An independent probe points to Israeli gunfire in the death of a journalist

One open-source research team said its initial findings lent support to Palestinian witnesses who said Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli fire.

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Churches condemn Israeli police charge at Al Jazeera reporter's funeral

An organisation representing 12 Christian denominations on Monday condemned an Israeli riot police charge at the funeral of a Palestinian Christian Al Jazeera journalist, describing the actions as a violation of freedom of religion.

Reuters

Israel's top Catholic prelate condemns police funeral attack

Israel's top Catholic prelate says the police attack on mourners during a funeral for an Al Jazeera journalist was a “severe” violation of human rights

The Independent UK

Palestinian Authority Appeals to US to Stop Car Cable Project in Jerusalem

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Sunday appealed to the US administration and international community, mainly UNESCO, to exert pressure on Israel to halt the construction of a cable car project in occupied East Jerusalem. On Sunday, Israeli and Palestinian opponents of an Israeli plan to run a cable car over…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Blinken Offers Condolences to Abu Akleh Family, Calls for Credible Probe into her Death

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called for an "immediate and credible investigation" into the circumstances of the killing of Palestinian-US journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Blinken announced that he spoke to Shireen's brother during his flight Saturday to Berlin, where he participated in a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. "I…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lieberman Proposes Amending Nation-State Law

After the Israeli army released the identity of Mahmoud Kheir Din, a Druze officer who was killed in Gaza in 2018, Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman proposed on Sunday amending the Nation-State Law that defines the country as the nation state of the Jewish people. "There is a clear contradiction…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘My only hobby is crying’: the boy who lost his family to an Israeli airstrike

Omar Abu al-Ouf’s father, mother, brother and sister were all killed in the attack on their apartment building last May

The Guardian - UK

Independent probe points to Israeli fire in journalist death

As Israel and the Palestinians wrangle over the investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, several independent groups have launched their own probes

The Independent UK

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Palestinians Mourn Israel’s Creation amid Outcry over Funeral Raid

Palestinians rallied Sunday to mark the "Nakba," or catastrophe, 74 years after Israel's creation, with condemnation spreading over a police raid on the funeral of a slain journalist. The annual demonstrations across the occupied West Bank, annexed east Jerusalem and inside Israel came with tensions high over the killing of…

Al Jazeera

‘Why should I leave?’: Palestinian Bedouins decry expulsion

Local families are battling to stop what would be one of the largest single displacements of Palestinians in decades.

Reuters

Palestinian militant dies of wounds, days after clashes with Israeli troops

A Palestinian gunmen, brother of a prominent militant in the occupied West Bank, died in an Israeli hospital on Sunday, two days after being wounded in clashes with Israeli forces.

Al Jazeera

‘Nothing will stop us’: Al Jazeera marks Gaza office bombing

The 11-storey building housing media bureaus and residential apartments was blown up by Israel one year ago.

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Palestinian Gunman Dies Days after Clash with Israeli Troops

A Palestinian gunman who is the brother of a prominent Palestinian militant died Sunday after being critically wounded in clashes with Israeli forces, according to the Israeli hospital where he was being treated. Daoud Zubeidi was wounded in clashes with the Israeli military in the West Bank city of Jenin…

Al Jazeera

Nakba Day: What happened in Palestine in 1948?

This year marks 74 years of Al-Nakba, or the Palestinian experience of dispossession and loss of their homeland.

The Independent UK

Palestinian gunman dies days after clash with Israeli troops

An Israeli hospital says a Palestinian gunman has died after being critically wounded in clashes with Israeli troops

The Guardian - AU

Factcheck: Scott Morrison says Australia is a world leader in Covid recovery. Is he right?

It wasn’t a race, the prime minister famously said, yet now he’s claiming the win. Here’s how the numbers –on jobs, vaccines and the economy – really stack up

The Guardian - UK

Shireen Abu Aqleh: ‘Cold-blooded’ killing and funeral chaos leave West Bank in turmoil

World criticism mounts over the shooting of journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh as dispute over chain of events grows

Asharq Al-Awsat

Opponents of Jerusalem Cable Car Plan Lose Supreme Court Case

Israeli and Palestinian opponents of an Israeli plan to run a cable car over Jerusalem to the walls of the Old City lost on Sunday their Supreme Court case against a project they argued would alter its ancient landscape. A unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel disseminated by the Justice…

Reuters

Opponents of Jerusalem cable car plan lose Supreme Court case

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