Biff_Poindexter
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Violence erupts at Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral in Jerusalem as Israeli forces confront Palestinian mourners
Israeli security forces were seen pushing mourners and firing tear gas as thousands flocked to Jerusalem to mourn the reporter killed during an Israeli raid.
www.cbsnews.com
"There were troubling scenes in the heart of the Middle East on Friday as thousands of Palestinians flocked to Jerusalem to pay their final respects to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed two days earlier as she covered an army raid in the Israeli occupied West Bank. Israel had warned Abu Akleh's brother to limit the size of the funeral procession, and told him no Palestinian flags should be displayed and no slogans chanted. Video clips aired on Al Jazeera — showed Israeli riot police pushing and shoving mourners outside a Jerusalem hospital and firing tear gas as people tried to carry her coffin outside the hospital's morgue on Friday. At one point her casket appeared to nearly topple to the ground amid the melee. Projectiles could be seen flying through the air as Palestinians chanted anti-Israeli slogans."
If this isn't proof that this journalist was a terrorist, what is? The police warned them to follow funeral guidelines and do as they were told -- and they didn't comply.....so police had no choice but to beat the shit out of pall bearers......and if these pall bearers really respected this Shireen chick, they wouldn't have almost dropped her casket....is it that hard to hold a casket up while being sprayed with tear gas and hit with with batons??
And why are the Palestinians not allowing a full investigation into the shooting?? The Hague wanted to examine the fatal bullet that killed Shireen, but the Isareli government issued a legal opinion that basically forbids Palestinians from undertaking any type of legal actions with courts....but if Palestinians were really serious about getting to the bottom of it; they would ignore what the Israeli government..and if they end up facing repercussions for not complying with official government orders -- they will deserve it...because they should have followed official government orders....
