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May 2022
21m 19s

Remembering Shireen Abu Akleh: A Beloved...

The Institute for Middle East Understanding
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Shireen Abu Akleh was a trailblazing Palestinian journalist who spent decades covering Israel’s brutal military occupation of Palestine. On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers fatally shot her in the face while she was reporting on the Israeli military’s invasion of a home in the Palestinian city of Jenin. Shireen was wearing a clearly marked press vest and helmet, ... Show More
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