The Israeli human rights group btselem accused the U.S. State Department of complicity in an 'organized' Israeli 'whitewash' of the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
correspondent in the face as she covered an Israeli military raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on May 11.
The U.S. Security Coordinator concluded that while Israeli fire"was likely responsible for the death of Shireen Abu Akleh," it"found no reason to believe that this was intentional, but rather the result of tragic circumstances" that occurred during a military operation against Palestinian militants.
meant to enable the continuation of the killings with impunity, and it is no different when it comes to a U.S. citizen as in the current case." "The odds that those responsible for the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh will be held to account are all but nonexistent," the group added."Meanwhile, Israel's international impunity remains unchallenged."
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