tv NEWSHOUR Al Jazeera May 11, 2022 1:00pm-2:01pm AST
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of something like this, yes we, we, we will make the necessary communications and with, with all those that we can to try and find out what has happened. i'm sure there will be lots of calls from around the world. we get a lot of support from human rights organizations, governments who will be looking at what happened here, and why a journalist has been shot that journalists killing journalists shooting the messenger is equivalent to a war crime. so we need to know what has happened. the world needs to know what happened the me hello, i'm emily angry with continuing coverage team effort trying to l just general as sharina. apple has been killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank. here it says a killing is a blatant murder that violates international laws and knowns,
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and the network condenses heinous crime. hello, i am emily anglin, continuing our special coverage. a veteran. the al jazeera journalist has been killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank, sharyn abu o'clock was shot in the face while covering in his riley ride. in the city of g name out is there. a meeting at work has called it a blatant murder, violating international laws and norms. a tory guy to me begins our coverage. oh, the body of serene abu eichler is carried through the town of janine in the occupied west bank. the veteran algae 0 reporter was shot dead wall covering a raid by israeli forces. another journalist was also shot and injured. the palestinian health ministry says they were hit by bullets, fired by his rady soldiers. put them over until we made ourselves clear to the army on the passers by indicating that we are the press than within seconds. there was the 4th chapter. i told him that we are being targeted. we are being shot houses. i
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turned and found, shooting on the ground through these rainy military says its forces came under attack in jeanine and that they fired back. there was no exchange of fire. so that is more possibility whatsoever. understand, you're not the city, not wildly. there is danger on me all was uses these excuses to cover up the crimes . they are competing against palestinians, including palestinian generals is ready raids in the occupied west bank have intensified in recent weeks after a series of attacks inside israel. the janine refugee camp is become a strong hold for resistance against the israeli occupation. sharina butler had worked for al jazeera for 20 years. colleagues described her as brave kind and a voice of palestinians. oh, i'm sure there will be lots of calls from around the world. we got a lot of support from human rights organizations, governments. ah, who will be looking at?
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what happened here and on why a journalist has been shot that, ah journalists, you know, killing journalists, shooting the messenger is equivalent to a war crime. so we need to know what has happened. the world needs to know what some catalyst foreign ministry put out a tweet saying the israeli occupation killed elders. they're a journalist, sharina blacklist by shooting her in the face while wearing the press best and a helmet. she was covering their attack and janine refugee camp. this state sponsored is really terrorism must stop and unconditional support to israel must. and israel says it's launched an investigation into what happened. it says it does not target journalists, but some human rights activists say they have little faith in these really justice system that i am human rights organizations, for example, like it's, it, is that a human rights issue. and that decided the long time ago that there are no longer
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going to even interact with the complaint system within the army. because it is not serious. it doesn't find that you disorders guilty of him was the al jazeera is calling for a transparent investigation into the death of sharina black la few palestinians thing that's likely to happen. victoria gate and b algae, 0 and algeria era, media network has put out a statement, offering its condolences and said in a blatant murder, violating international laws. and knowns, israeli occupation forces assassinated in cold blood out 0 is corresponding. how does the are meeting it were condemned this heinous crime which intends to only prevent immediate from conducting their duty? al jazeera holds these wily government and occupation forces responsible for the killing of the light colleague sharing it. also coals on the international community to condemn and hold these rally,
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occupation forces accountable. another journalist was injured at the same is in a stable condition. he was asked about what took place while he was in hospital. and we were going to filmed is really army operation. and suddenly they shot us without asking us to leave or stopped filming the 1st bullet hit me. and the 2nd bullet had sharin. they killed her in cold blood because they are killers and specialized and killing only palestinian people. so they claimed that some palestinian militants were there, we had no resistance and there was no palestinian military resistance at all at the scene. okay, so let's take a look now at what we know about this incident. charade was reporting on israeli rising jeanine in the occupied west bank in the occupied west bank. they have been near daily, right there after a series of deadly attacks inside israel. she was shot in the face despite wearing
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her press best and was declared dead in the hospital. crowds have carried her body from the hospital through the straits of janine, in a procession to honor her details about her funeral. unclear. alright, joining us now from ramallah is marian by gucci. she is a palestinian writer and research. mary, thanks for joining us. first of all, what's your reaction to, to his needs i, my reaction is very similar to most palestinians. and 1st, the shock a house to real, our reality is in the 2nd is a grief shit. in is a voice that we've all known through our childhood and adulthood. someone who has survived recording on the military invasion by israeli forces and continue continue to do her job this by the hardship this by
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a journalist having your protection here wearing a press best or not. and it's the same reality that we live in palestinians today. it was emphasized then, now our state the u. s. ambassador, israel has called for an investigation. what's likely to come of that and how transparent will it be? i think that was a very badly worded statement that was just saving face and symbolism by the american government. and that shooting is holder of american citizenship. what that means is absolutely nothing. american representatives in palestine do not safeguard human life, do not safeguard even the lives of their citizens. and i think that that was nothing more than symbolic. if anything needs to be investigated at this point.
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it's every person that has armed israel. it is, every person that has missed worded and created this information on the palestinian struggle and it is an investigation of why is it that we still continue to accept a colonial reality we are living under rather than challenge it? why is it more criminal to call is really apartheid state that it is? why is it more criminal to say palestine from the river to the sea? why is that the crime instead of everyone that is healthy, perpetuated, and you're constantly having to report on people getting killed and murdered like shitty, like acid. more testing before that in the lesson and more than 20 palestinians have been killed in the past 22 years. a palestinian journalists are state palestinian citizens, aren't 8 children elderly and it really needs to be framed as that. and i apologize,
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emily, but when you 1st started this, saying these read the military is attacking the series of attacks in israel. now, what is happening is that since the declaration and legitimize ation of these really states, we have been under constant attack. indeed. and he mentioned the fact that she's a us citizen, how much pressure should be on the u. s. to react to this and do something. i think the us really needs to just begin sanctioning israel and begin closing down the private subsidiary companies that are extensions of israel military opening up in the us. so they can better sell weapons and arms trades that are being tested on the u. s. need to one, a cut ties with israel, and to, to really begin of holding every word that they want us to collect the archive from
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the documents of the condemnation letters and the investigations that should be done across the years. it would show that the yours is nothing but talk when it comes to humanity and justice. and it is all action when it comes to repression and exchanging weapons of war. miriam, these are israel, has offered a joint investigation. when was the last time it did that? if ever and so israel constantly a, gives the intention, the written intention to be doing investigations. but let's remember things like maybe in water, who has killed a few years ago out of prison. and he was only 16 shot by mister aly soldier and after pressures, israel said it will do an investigation. nothing comes from that. i have never in my life. in my life, seen someone tell the abuser will you carry out your own investigation and you decide whether you're guilty or not. and i really think it's not about what israel
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says, whether we're going to legitimize that action or not, or see it as the farms that it is. what we're watching space, and we appreciate your passion. thank you very much for joining us for miriam. but gertrude, she is a palestine writer and researcher let's bring in that need abraham now, who's live for us in ramallah, in the occupied at west bank sh nato. charade was a colleague of yours and a colleague of all the people that are surrounding you right now. how you processing what's happened and how is everyone else holding up? think of anger, sadness and colleagues trying to come the 1st one another. we're not sure what to do. do we try to take it off and keep going? it's hard, as you can imagine, not only hard and our families here, but also palestinian journalists who have been coming, showing their support. they. so the anti,
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they're in shock. they say that we know that this really broad go uninvited. unabated against the. ringback palestinians, but they feel that this time of the army is targeting just because it's intended for an explanation going in, did you need a refugee? as we all know if you shoot the messenger and no one will get a message. so there is a lot of fear here amongst journalists that are being targeted. of course, this is not something new. israel has already been targeting journals. so he's to see this in the coverings in different places and occupied rest bag in the army deliberately shoots to with to let them go. because we know once some things hold on camera and there are journalists following the story to put tension of becoming a public opinion issue has the potential of staring up a world and them knowing what israel is doing on, of course,
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is really army doesn't want it out i've been talking to some of the people who came to show their support. and so the data, one of them is joining me. he is a man. now you came here because you knew city and how did you feel when you 1st heard the news? how do you know her with where do we? i print shop a. are you here? i you know some of molesting and there isn't as we have the groups. they just brought on it cheering. they just shot shooting visit because you're the wife of a palestinian prisoner. so you have a group on what's up. this is how you received the news. yes, this is how well known to you, the 1st minute i knew that you've been i go back to look for that. the very quick tool here. so i found a somewhat d on phyllis i seen at the v speaking exactly what happened. it was really shocked for me. i start to really paying a month, you know,
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should in for me and for everybody feels like she's like one of us a should in that she has it in the are a good relation with, but the been a senior detainee in prisons because she, she always got loaded and window with the funded jovita city in, but she passed away. now we talk about did she she always attached with us about a situation. the less them i so should in my home, she came and cover a story because natalie is your husband? my husband next door? yes, because he's in but his him and he's now put teeth to use them. but his income, i am for us to inches like sister a you know what happened to head? it's like, why feel it like into the big tray? it's not just killing somebody every day. they kill every day. they mute, they are killing people. but i should in like the, i plan to give that to kill somebody. it was, is speaking in front of the law moreland and maybe law should inches by saying away
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now, but really wanted the whole wanted to see what kind of you can, i mean, what kind of been it a bit, some who would really give this all this to the soldiers to convince tinian so really wants the whole what is to punish bennett himself for this class? so you feel that was intentional? yeah, yeah, this is, this is something will not let it really. it's not that they were can fuss like this is sheree and we are here all the been seen and there are we read. i know that engineer they made for the head 3 times people they want to say good bye to it. and people, even in nablus and grandmother every wary and i'd be able to dis just the normal house behind her. now we're not talking about 10 now, but they don't know where to find it. to say good bye to head and we should inches one of all this jordan just which and there are for us, like like people the attached i said the i didn't send a bliss, b might die any time. you know that that will be them, that the other may be fighting this kind of, we have to be sure which is really hard for them,
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but it's the and then i give them c sheree and her other journalist, you know, basic and saying, well, you know, we feel afraid the something will happen to him and the killing girl. they are killing people. and if it's like it's not just should it should, but like this, you know, today we still can go about she and i hope that the whole world will not stop doing until they really are punished this been, it been attempts both because this kind of crime it's not going to, but it's like this and i know, but i seen it and get that everywhere. they are saying this is something they just at that that, that the hard think this is a bridge and they said this is blood be they made it like this. it's not going to just fast. so i hope the whole world will feel with us should in this is game a same for the whole world that we are and that kind of he commissioned the killing even the journalist. thank you. thank you so much man, that she is the wife of an employee,
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a players in jail. that amount of more than 14 years has been released and then capture the guns. ringback as families like these that are being covers the stories a lot and it's not her. she felt like shes assistant, she's not like she was the palestinian prisoners. they had the following blow news and they all know that shooting has been killed. they're all touched. some of them have come here to show their support and they want the world to know what is real life to one to the messenger. they believe the journey. a truth is re violation that go on a dbi. as you heard there, people i'm worried about those are and was because they know, i mean they're like all the odd in danger. but if you speak to them, they will tell you that they don't feel that john and i'm in this part of the world
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. the hot dog with nita i've been speaking to fellow palestinians in our newsroom and many of them have said that they grew up watching sher rain, that she was a household name. she's a veteran journalist. tell me a little bit more about how she's being remembered for the work that she did and what she represented with a veteran journalist for the events unfolding in palestine. and also she's been covering the region as well, which is a 5 year job and work the coverage is known to focus on the human element why people are going what they are going through, what they are going. so it's not like a line here, or there she goes to the story. she follows. she talks to people,
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she wants to know their feelings, their page. so she was that kind of a person who was very veteran, very profession them. but at the same time she was hum, been she was fine, she's always smiled. she has a beautiful, she had a beautiful, beautiful smile. so for her journalism was a job. it's a past part of the story with. busy stuff, i'm sorry for escaping law. you know, we only know enough shooting and even those who don't know her personally. they came here to say out they grew up watching her in the 2nd them to father and deal with people feel like they know that when we go out to the fields in the house, people say yeah, yeah, we know them, but we know she, you know, how she was here, she covered this in, specifically in janine one of the reports we were doing here. and we actually took everybody, we're from the archive and that she's worked on. and we, you know,
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and i would occur in coverage to someone who i'm not only was teaching journalism on the university. she was also a student. yeah. but she just recently got the diploma. you know, when it comes to new media, she was showing us how she was editing videos. she's taking on the form you were saying, and you software is a in the past few years to the world in our big and english. no, it's not. you're not talking about someone who's done with it so to speak. you're talking about someone who has become like with. ringback learning hebrew, she was trying to develop her son, you to learn to know more. she was full of life. well, we might lay there neither and let you gather your thoughts and we really appreciate you sharing your memories of her. let's cross to stephanie jack. now
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who's in west jerusalem to find out a little bit more about how these events unfolded. stephanie, what more do we know about the sheet while from the account, sir, from my colleagues, from those who are on the ground with serene rap between 6 and 7 o'clock in the morning. they were sleeping engineer covering the ongoing is rating raids according to her colleagues that they were targeted by israeli sniper fire. there is video also of an open area where they were, she was shot and fell down by a tree so instantly killed. it seems like certainly a very bad damage to her face and another palestinian colleague from another network were shot in the back. he is in a, in a stable condition. we understand. he is really a reaction initially was from the army saying that they believe that potentially,
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that the journalists were shot by palestinian gunman. we've just heard from these ready prime minister. he had put out a tweet also from the foreign minister, but he's just been addressing these really parliament natalie bennett, where he said he discussed the raids in jeanine. and he said that the palestinians were too quick to blame the israeli army, that an investigation is needed, offering a joint forensic pathology investigation with the policies of the palestinians are refusing best. this is according to this really prime minister. you heard that also from your guests. you know, there's very little trust when it comes to any accountability, particularly from the israeli side in these kinds of investigations. but these res, maintain at the moment that there could be a possibility that the journalists were shot by palestinian gunmen in some kind of
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in the middle of a back and forth. and there are calls for an international investigation. there's been more reaction also from the american ambassador here calling for an investigation, also the u. n. n voice, the middle east peace process toward venice land condemning the kenning, calling for investigations as certainly people want answers as to what exactly happened. but according to those on the ground to where they are, who witnessed it to about very well versed in the language of the ground of janine . and these are not, as is not a team that's been flown in foreigners, we've never been to the occupied west bank. this is a team that has been covering this is you've mentioned that you know, for over 20 years. and they are assessment very clearly on the ground that she was shot and killed by the israeli army. and stephanie, what are the broader implications of her death for journalists working across the globe? well, you know, you're touching on the, you know,
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the issue of press freedom. the fact that to us journalists should not be targeted because of what we're doing. we're supposed to be bearing witness. we're supposed to be immune to being a target in conflict. but i think this these days is a very naive assessment. in fact, most conflicts, we cover and you are, you're not wanted there by whichever side it depends what kind of a story are on it certainly here. and you know, when it comes to the palestinian territories, occupied palestinian territories of the occupied west bank, east jerusalem. and the besieged gaza strip that is ready, forces have time and time again by you know, people on the grout of witness did. i've witness dead international agencies and g o z acute the military of excessive force. how do we operate? you operate within reason? you take measured risks, you know, you rely on experience from the ground. i've been coming in for 16 years. at some
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point you understand a bit of the language, but you also understand the risks when it comes to certain situations. it this morning. you know, sometimes there's been intense raids in janine, it was a less sort of a large scale raid this morning when this happened. so it just shows you also the unpredictability of the situation. you know, they've been saying throughout the morning things sometimes you know, they're fine until they're not, and things change in a split 2nd. and sometimes it's impossible to plan for that. and again, you know, i think, you know, it's important to highlight that this is an incredibly experienced team. they are from the west bank or palestine from the west bank. they know the ground and they know how to operate, you know, within certain safety parameters. and so this is a shock, and yes, it's a reminder that, you know, we can cool we want for the immunity of journalists. but the reality is that very often, not just here, but you're mentioning across the world, you know, ukraine. and i've just been reporting there as well. you had journalist hill there
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as well. you know, if you're talking about the bigger issue of press freedom, this is of course an issue. thank you very much. stephanie deca live for us. all right, so here's what we know so far about the death of the veteran al jazeera journalist sharing terrain was reporting on israeli writes. and your name in the occupied with bank that have been need daily right there after a series of deadly attacks inside israel. she was shot in the face despite wearing her press vest, and was declared dead in hospital crowns have carried her body from the hospital through the straits of janine, in a procession to her own am date house that her funeral as still being worked through. cas, how's? assistant foreign minister has pulled out a tweet saying, israeli occupation killed al jazeera journalist, terrain aqua by, shooting her in the face while wearing the press, best and home. and she was covering their attack in jeanine refugee camp to state
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sponsored his rally. terrorism must stop and unconditional support to israel must. and the american ambassador to israel has reacted on twitter saying very sad to learn of the death of american and palestinian generalist, serene clam. i encourage a thorough investigation into the circumstances of her death and the injury of at least one other journalist today. okay, let's bringing from ramallah abraham mill. he, he is the government spokesman for the palestinian authority. we will speak with him via a translator. so bear with me because we'll make sure these questions are slow festival. thank you so much for joining us. what is your personal reaction to her death? had his dreamer, this is a crime. this is a complete of a crime committed by the occupation soldiers,
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dennis upon athenian family journalist her that work. i am that works with very professionalism in janine camp. she was shot at us by the israeli soldiers as her age is clay. and according to europe, to the statement of al jazeera network, i'm, this journalist lee has been murdered and assassinated, re being an eye witness, lauding the crimes channel in jeanine, and the aim of killing her is not to make the truth clear to everyone. this is very important and very clear. we understand that the palestinian authority has asked for her body to be taken to the presidential compound. why is that? why is that so important for the authority to pay their respects?
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law nash, the phoebe, we respect very much hon. our martyrs. we respect our martyrs who have been killed in jonathan and they are being killed every day by the occupation soldiers. sharyn is a martyr, and serene is an eye witness, and cherry has lost her life for the sake of the truth and reality and make the truth and reality. it lead to every one and jeanine in alkaline in ramallah. and in garza and every where it occupied lands in jerusalem on sharina as an icon of our national journalism. sharon is and i can in this country serene his butterfly on the journalism, sheri and i followed up with her news or every time, day or night. sharina is a very professional, a journalist,
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and she suspected by the audience and by the policy is that she was, she deserves all respect from the presidency, the policy in the presidency and the palestinian people. we celebrate and we respect journalism here, 3 journalists. we appreciate her role and appreciate the role of the professional journalism and the role of the nationalism that and following up with the crimes. our condolences to you at al jazeera, just re english algebra because then at worker and we appear alco lawrence's love to everyone for a year in rome, a law office because this is a big burden. this is a shark. it's quite impossible to assassinate and kill such a professional journalist with the bulls from the occupation forces in order not to make their truth clear to every one. this is
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a crime. thank you for your can townsley appreciate that israel has offered a joint investigation inches, sharon's death won't take him up on mass and will that be helpful? and as alex len miasca, when law is the crime or when the criminal has the right to take part in the investigation against his victim, it's not allowed for the criminals to be part of the investigation. the criminals cannot take part in the investigation regarding the killing all their victims, bennett and the military leaders who gave orders to the soldiers to kill the palestinians. why, for the sake of killing them, just for the sake of killing the palestinians at now, they have killed the eye, witness the eye witness of the crimes we reject and refuse any participation of those railways. in this kind of investigation,
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they have to be taken to the international quarter. the criminals have to be taken to the international court, but the cannot be part of an investigation regarding their own drives that we call upon the large the earth justice called to open an investigation to see it in what has been done regarding serene and the other crimes committed against the palestinian citizens everywhere and occupied therapists. we urge that larger community to stop the double salad when it comes to the boston issue. and the israeli crying like these are, we are slow and there. are they international investigations? they are very slow at. they consist or convey a long message to the as rail as human to continue on committing their crimes without any punishment. those criminal should get their punishment. sharina was also an american citizen. how are you hypo,
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washington ranks. danny at last. ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha, i her, my god. i did on on medicaid for the benefit of serene and it all goes well that she read carries the american citizenship because we can see that shock after harrison selection on her death. and we ask the us administration to take this incident as a serious starter in order to adjust and the men, the american policies regarding the policy an issue and regarding the israeli crimes settlements are a will criminal and killing a woman in such a place is i will crime drama kelly and i will child in ramallah with
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a bullet that hits his heart is a criminal war criminal. demolishing houses in in garza and elsewhere. a lot of war crimes have been committed and the evidence vision should stop the double standard regarding this matter. and the u, as in research, i should vitalize the values and as i must know that it will be polished one day because all it's crimes we hold that this crime the crime of to day is the final crime committed by the occupation without a punishment. they must be punished. the killers must be punished, the garbage. israel must be pirates in order to stop the crimes. we urge them as administration to move quickly to protect the palestinian people. we urge the united nation that the national community and we urge our friends in europe to move
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quickly in order to stop it with that sort of israeli behavior and the killings against the palestine people. this lately, prime minister has given the old us do the soldiers to kill the palestine is just for the sake of killing them and nothing else. this mostly star, blah, this doctrine must disturb this slogan. most disturb, this is very painful in the short term preparations are being made for her funeral . if her funeral is held in east jerusalem, where she is from, will her colleagues from ramallah be able to attend? and if not, what does that say about the situation? it's like it's such a thumb for sure. awesome. good. as the funeral official funeral obviously will be held because she has an a big history and all of her professional
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journalism i was with sharing amongst the pioneers of the palestinian re, do launching the policy the read you and to be approaching. we are in the summer of 1994. i thought a lot of what we were together city or over the years. and i you know, for sure for fact that she read is and i can, she works hard, she is loyalty, his honest. she is faithful. she is accurate and earlier. that's why we all respect her will, will take part in the funeral. and the amount of me, the official funeral will be in la copa inn, milan and the local gentlemen are the same time journalist will be there. the government will be there and we need to have such an official fill room for this policy and i can to pay condolences to have family. and we pay our condolences to
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you also at the gym at work at xerox for center here in ramallah. she really was absent butterfly. sharon was quick, sharon was smart. she, rene was brave. she, rene cannot do anything for the sake of the good, professional journalism. i mean, we all know that journalism, what faces threats and dangers. but she really was brave enough strong enough for us. you're good enough to move like a butterfly. the butterfly would be all was there. well, we really appreciate your insights in your thoughts in your description of harris bang butterfly. thank you for your time. in for him at mill him in ramallah, the government's 5 percent for the palestinian authority. jacqueline was sam zang lot is the palestinian ambassador to the united kingdom and was a personal friend of sharina apple. i clam. he said is roused, trying to stifle the tree. she is not the 1st and regrettably,
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might not be the last one is going in. jordan is to be murdered as this and they did by the way, occupation. it's not only killing the body of it, it's killing the spirit of the message. of surely the idea of it is telling the truth, this occupation is after the truth. they want to assassinate the truth. they want to us us in a jo medicine, they want to make sure that they committed the crimes, but without being reported, it's a cover. so the bullet that head her head had a brilliant sparnhead was a bullet targeted at the truth targeted at the international community college targeted at the profession of press and journalism. talking to everybody who wants to review the truth. and also this is linked to the lack of accountability is what has been doing this for a long, long time,
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74 years. george lucas medics. teachers bypasses what have you children. and there is no accountability. all what we hear from the national community. i mean here, government, including the u. k. government are statements of concern with no action with in fact, such at the level it targeted killing over journalists, minutes an immediate and the national criminal investigation by the i. c. c and immediate or imposition of sanctions on the occupying state. that is as well. and when we follow what the west, the western countries are doing these of you created the immediate employment of sanctions and we follow the lack of such actions. not one of them, not one of the searches are applied to is right. we through our arms and there and wondering about this dobbins, fungus, the city of international community. so part of the blame, big part of the blame is on the in action of the international community. and if
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the killing all should be in a barclay today, that was recorded live on camera does not merit international sanctions. what does your watching special coverage here on out there? i'm emily anglin. let's take a look at what we know so far about the death and veteran al jazeera journalist. she rein apple clamp. sharon was reporting on israeli wright's in jeanine in the occupied westbank. there have been me daily reigns there after a series of deadly attacks inside is when she was shot in the face despite wearing her press best and was declared dead in hospital crowns had carried her body from the hospital through the straits of janine in a procession to honor her dad's house about her funeral being worked through not long before her death, schraner spoke in her own words about what her career as a journalist meant to her. oh uh huh. a 1030 about i'm the coordinator
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death. the news a screens, death today has come as a shocking news to everyone here. no, just to us, her colleagues in elgin, you rob it really gaza, but to all palestinian journalists or other humanitarian are legal and then different bodies hearing because it's strip. european union representative delegation came to our office in god's that they paid their tribute, their deepest condolences. lots of good right. why do you also came to the office to show their condolences to express their send the dairy t. many activities have been held until now, and many are still scheduled to be held all through the day in silly dairy t, with the serene targeting. this is one of the saddest days that have come on
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the policy and not do the policy in terry cherries. god, but the world for many journalists, she read a box is a very well respected honorable use figure that has been long her name associated for very long with bringing out the truth about delivering everybody is you. we appreciate that update. thank you very much. una allison joining us live from gaza. let's bring in hand on ash laurie, who is a palestinian politician, a former member of the palestine liberation organization. she joins us now from ramallah. if you shoot the messenger, no one gets the message. that's what one about correspondence said to me short time ago what message was showing, trying to share so didn't was more than just a messenger to us, a woman who was professional, who was negated to the truth,
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and she provided and with an embassy with that, that context for the palestinian that had to as always the situations of durations or by this. but she insisted on exposing that on showing people not only what was happening, but contextualizing it in a way that was extremely professional and was genuine to try to damp empathy. that's why she was appreciated and genuinely loved by everybody in palestine. now is that is national state morning to the national ordinary journalist. no ordinary human being to us a close friend. and she was a reporter who journalist who has to have profession. but more importantly to manage and then israel has offered an investigation.
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what she make is that will it be transparent? it will not be and can never be. and it has never been genuine investigation. whitewash is on the times of its military of its settlers of the government. it has never happened to account any of it when it comes to the victims being punished in, in this as a method or form reaches on the country, uses this investigation as a means of coverage and as a means of blaming the victim. and so nobody has any conflict and israeli investigations. that's why we're asking for them to an estimate and investigation. this is a time for the c panel for international human rights organizations. for once you
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log in to step in and exposed to the tune up, it's just a matter of disseminating and misleading versions. john, at this time that, that is that he comes out. this is something that's always good to always find this information. i'm always trying to present things in the way. it wasn't only honest and to school, but also and sympathetic persuasion. i have, nobody has any face and occupy a lot, investigation, everything, including the judiciary, all the systems and the service of the occupation and to the government that gave instructions to shoot to. it's a government that's responsible for going to have the, i mean, like a global gangsters that's responsible for unleashing the full force and violence of
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the settlers on the list indians. so it's not just intended to shoot to kill surely its being the whole system of occupation, the whole military settlement system that is responsible for killing dealing with impunity. this time that this account has what she make of the circumstances surrounding sheer reigns dash perfect. she was wearing a helmet and a press, fist and deliberate targeting of journalists. it has happened before since the year 2047 journalists have been hundreds and hundreds of thousands. i've been to intimidate silence journalist, i'm the palestinian voice that is coming out, trying to disseminate the truth,
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trying to reach global, not just about us, what they told us to be and such as this person. and she was known to everybody and she was widely respected. and i believe that was deliberate. manders, and pre mandated. this is one way in which the israeli tried to intimidate others, but also to silence credible voices who i've listened to. i've heard and how to exposing israeli 90. it's important that has to account. it's important that there's genuine interventions to put them. and to this one, installation of rituals, and particularly to blame and best, must not go unnoticed and must not go on investigated and killers. must be built 2 testers hang on, i can see that you're getting and emotional there. what does she rein represent to
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palestine and to that broader region? as i said, she is a genuine human being to me, she was her good friend. she worked with me when she finished college, i started the admission we stayed in touch with people respected her highly when when she was on the new that, that getting to getting at e version of what's happening. and then she is really taking care of her own has every child, every monday, every member everybody who is trying to cover israeli times i'm trying to answer is doing so great depression and risk. absolutely. and although she tried very hard to, to follow instructions to where the dress was clearly marked and not that much
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to clear some execution. and this as being noticed. and it just reverberated over the ones that are getting messages everywhere about in my day. but as a special ed journalist, she bade him and he had the price for bedding to tend to about right. we have to leave it there, but we really appreciate your insights and your memories of charade hon on ash raleigh, a palestinian polish politicians. thank you for your time. their work we spoke over the phone to nor odom, a former colleague of shrink. she spoke of her kindness and humanity. surely was distinguished journalist and fund and called me to everybody. and everybody fun who's worked with her as
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a bit touched by her humanity i've known she'd even for over 20 years. i was proud to work alongside her as a colleague when i was reporting for under the english. and she was a standard stepping journalist in her integrity in her professionalism. and her relation will tell, calling him the kind of guidance she was always willing to give to up and coming journalists to students of journalism. her amicable relations with everybody from all walks of life, with all sorts of politicians and figures. she was an independent journalist. she knew that she was always the side of the story. actually, her job was to be the voice of the people and to tell the truth about any exaggeration
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without any embellishment. and she was an icon and a distinguished fellow journalist showed him as a household name and thoughtless time. i can tell you without hesitation, but there isn't a house now in palestine and beyond. that is not morning for the last. that does not remember her. not remember the many, many stories that she covered, the men in truth uncovered. and so her, the news of her, of her killing was like a thunderbolt to all of us who woke up to be to this, cleared the sight of dozens and dozens of ordinary people. and journalists too, came from everywhere around janine to her farewell and more in her as she deserves to be more and is just an indication of the kind of
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person that you. 5 and the kind of journalist that she was she, she touched the lives of many, many palestinians. she covered the most important stories in palestine for over 24 years. so there isn't, there is a family or a household year that does not know her. joining us now here in the studio is felton at barrow cat. he found the center of conflict and humanitarian studies at the high institute cell to thanks for being on the program where hearing widespread colds for an investigation into sharon's death festival. what does that look like? and who needs to be involved? well, i think given the circumstances and given the history of investigations in israel, it has to be independent. and i would say it has got to be international. sharing holds to nationalities, united states and the palestinian and israeli has
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a very bad track record of investigating and then following up. so there's a good cause could a good call for it to be independent and international. now who takes place in this investigation? obviously the i c, c will not look at individual cases, but the fact that there has been a case filed with i see last month, which has to do with the killing of and enduring of 4 other journalists. this case can probably be added to it. and then the investigation could be led by the i c, c. and i would suggest really that the federation for international journalists should play a role. they should be part of, of this because it's becoming a trend. and more, more journalists are being targeted globally. as you mentioned, she rain was a joseph and she was also an american citizen. how much pressure is on the us now
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to react to this and to be involved in some sort of investigation and, and just me, that would be and if it's really some pressure, these are the american embassy will put some pressure on the really government. but israel has killed in the past us citizens not double nationalities, fact us pure citizens who, where human rights defenders in palestine. so ultimately it won't be that effective. it has to be an international voice where hearing that israel has offered a joint investigation, we don't know the specific details of that. when was the last time israel offered an investigation into the death of a journalist or any civilian for that matter. there hasn't been video case recently, but also investigation joint with whom is if it were joined with the palestinian authority. and that i think will be difficult stomach by the palestinian people
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because they're ready, suspecting that there may be some kind of collaboration between p a security arrangements with israelis that lead them into even the 1st place that caused the crisis on will be i think, difficult for people to accept that it should be just a p, a, and israel, an international dimension would help people understand the real context in which this has happened. sharina was a veteran journalist, the household name. we have mentioned that other journalists in this region have been killed in recent years. what impact does the fact that she's so high profile and by all accounts, much loved to have own the reaction and then the investigation going forward. i mean, the fact that she has over the last 1520 years entered almost every living room in the world through the channel would make it very difficult for people to simply
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forget to move on. also, the fact that she works for jesse around jazeera is a powerful media actor, but also has had lots of losses over the last few years, maybe adds to the importance of following up on this case. but from a policy perspective, really, i think they should look at the approaches, not the same procedure to reward her in a fitting way by really talking about the unity of the palestinians. i mean, the whole thing has been driven by this since the division between hamis and the tassel over the last 15 years of sol liquidated water, more less the cause and maybe the killing of surely the best way to honor her memory is to call for them to unite and get together and stand up for a probation as one people. i think that's been a sentiment that's been shared from many people that we've spoken to. and we really
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appreciate your insights. sultan and berra cut the founder of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies that are. hi, thanks for your time. i think. ellia, my colleague, rog matheson spoke with al jazeera as managing director giles trend over here in the studio. he called for accountability for the killing of sharing as the managing director of a channel like this, does this give you is it necessary for you to, to stop and consider the circumstances under which journalists who are covering concepts like this and work to a way to try to improve them to make them safer. is that really very much you can do when the circumstances are, as we see them in these, in this particular region, we do as much as we possibly can. the safety, the health, the safety of our journalists, is of paramount importance to us. we have all the necessary protocols for
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providing the equipment, some providing security, providing procedures, safety procedures. we do everything we can through protect our journalists, but we have to recognize that is a dangerous world out there. and there are some states players as well as other players who do target journalists and increasingly, unfortunately in this world today, the media is increasingly coming on the file in all sorts of different ways, whether it be physical attack or online attack, or any all sorts of other attacks and intimidation and threats, and as well as al jazeera, another. what, along with other media, we have to face this, this reality, this depressing reality. but we cannot allow it to sign up for us to stop us from doing what we do because the world needs to know what's happening more than ever in this world. and i think in now past history, it's 25 years of, of algebra history. something like 11, i think it's 11 of our journalists have been killed. this will now obviously
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increase that number. we have had a tough experience of, of the sort of thing, but we have to carry on. i say to all my colleagues that we do a great job, we are, we've won great awards. we don't do this to win awards. we do this because we believe that we are doing something that is important to do. but our journalism is recognised and it's important that we carry on doing that because the world we need to know what is happening. is there any anything that just as an organization can do with regard to representations to the israeli military, to the israeli government, or indeed to the palestinian authority in the, in the event of something like this? yes, we, we, we will make the necessary communications and with, with all those that we can to try and find out what has happened. i'm sure there will be lots of calls from around the world. we get a lot of support from human rights organizations, governments who.
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