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ah, it is 16, g m t 7 pm in ramallah in the occupied west bank. you're watching al jazeera, i'm fully battle with thank you for being with us on what has been a terribly sad day for all of us as we continue to report on the killing of our colleague al jazeera journalists, sharing apple clay by israeli forces in the occupied west bank. shaheen was shot while covering and he's really raid in the city of janine. i'll just the media network has called it a blatant murder, violating international laws and norms, jamal a child has our report. oh, don't shoot the messenger unless you're in israeli soldier. in that case, you're seemingly ok with shooting a reporter who's clearly identifiable as

a journalist and poses no threat. should he and barclays is the latest reports, are to be killed by the israeli military, which has a long history of targeting journalists and news outlets. particularly al jazeera sharing, a veteran reporter who spent her life covering events and occupied palestine was among a group of journalists documenting what was happening in janine early on wednesday . according to eye witnesses and video footage, she was wearing a safety, vest and home. it's both of which clearly identified her as a member of the press despite or maybe because of it. sure he was shot and killed. 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. journalist moody, it was also shot and injured in the attack. there was no exchange of fire. so there is no possibility whatsoever in the city, and they always use the excuses to cover up the crimes committed against palestinians, including posting agenda according to rights groups. israel has killed 50 journalists since 2000 and injured more than 144 in the past 4 years alone. but this is also not the 1st time israel has intentionally targeted al jazeera. last year, the networks office in guns was formed to rebel. while journalists travadone b did, he was assorted by israeli forces,

whilst reporting on israel's ethnic cleansing of arab residence in occupied east jerusalem shifter off neighbourhood. israeli authorities say they've launched an investigation of human rights groups say they have little faith in israeli justice, particularly with renowned organizations like human rights watch and amnesty international, accusing israel of implementing a system of apartheid that i, that i am human rights organizations, for example, like bit sate limb and is that a human breast? so can i say at that decided the long time ago that they're no longer going to even interact with the complaint system with invisible eli army because it is not serious. it doesn't find is that a disorders guilty i thought is foreign ministry whose country hosts the al jazeera network, issue to statements with senior diplomats no one hotter demanding an end to what she called,

state sponsored israeli terrorism. the european union and other members of the international community have also condemned the kenning. but all these condemnations have fallen short of including any sanctioning or punishment for a crime that threatens the essence of any free society. a free press should in was kill, trying to inform the world of what was happening in her country. the world now knows that in occupied palestine. no one is safe from israel's bullets. not even journalists. ha ha, my lunch are young. i just hero. on the doctor who carried out the autopsy on sharina blackly has been describing her injuries. why an i'll ali says a bullet that killed serene was direct and fatal lost the injury was massive and there was a complete laceration in the brain together with a big fracture of the sco the al jazeera media network has put out a statement,

offering its condolences and said in a blatant murderer, violating international laws and norms, these really occupation forces assassinated in cold blood al jazeera correspondence al jazeera media network condemns, is heinous crime which intends to only prevents the media from conducting their duty. al jazeera holes is really government, any occupation force is responsible for the killing of ali colleague serene. it also calls on each national community to condemn and hold the israeli occupation forces accountable live to stephanie deca who is in occupied east jerusalem outside the family. home of our colleagues, charee. net, tell us about what's been happening there. and what people have been telling you people have been coming out throughout the day. the number is increasing as slightly now we've also had a bishop come to pay his respects to the family at the moment. you have some uncles

and odds and nice as well. we're expecting sharon's brother to arrive back this evening and another nice arriving to morrow. incredible. sadness here and shock will so last couple of hours or so let's about 3 or 4 hours to go. 3 police officers is ready. police officers arrived here, entered the home at the time that there was music playing outside. and people who became very agitated as they entered of course scene is hugely provocative, telling the family to turn off the music. people yelling at them to get back outside to leave the house. they did leave without any major altercation or the music was turned off. but you know, it just gives you a sense of what people here will tell you is, is a very uncomfortable and disrespectful. right, situation at the funeral will be held in baton in this area occupied east jerusalem . on friday we expect numbers to be big, but tomorrow her body will be taken to the mcarthur in that i my lower note present

mahmoud abbas will be to where he will, you know, hold to service for her and then yes. and then on friday, her funeral be here in a church, and then she will be buried and been beaten enough. stephanie, this is happening against a backdrop of systematic violence against palestinians in the occupied westbank in occupied east jerusalem, which you have been reporting for, for a number of we on or for a number of weeks. now, what do you expect the reaction to be in the coming days from palestinians? well, it's always impossible to predict the ground tara, fully, i mean, if you have a language here on the ground, like now, we just try to protest about 5050 people that will down to the main junction of bait honey, to with palestinian flags that there's ab more police, so they are, they disperse them. you know, this is almost business as usual. what do we expect to see in the coming days?

i don't, i don't know if you're going to see mass numbers come to the streets. people will tell you, probably not, the funeral will be big. will there potentially be clashes off to the funeral? maybe? you know, it's difficult to say what it's done, i think, is again highlighted very much something that is a daily occurrence in the sense of, you know, whether it's journalists being targeted during covering different, you know, different stories here in east jerusalem. often you have protest, why? because of forced evictions of homes or home definitions or you have, you know, in the occupied westbank. you have raids and arrests and protests or in gaza. we've seen, you know, the border protest over the years. again, the army using heavy force using sniper fire. and i covered a funeral there of a palestinian journalist not part of a prominent network like al jazeera box, but you know, by a powerful country like culture but a palestinian young journalist. and there certainly wasn't. we covered it were al jazeera, we do cover the stories and most of the international media doesn't, but certainly there wasn't the outcry the international combination that you're

seeing now. so it is putting a spot i don't want palestinians will tell you as a daily occurrence. stephanie, thank you very much. thank you for your work. stephanie deca live for a say in a rama line the west bank. let's now bring in a file con, who's a member of the u. k. parliament with the opposition labor party is joining us from london. mister can thank you very much for being with us and thank you for your patience. our colleague, serene was killed while trying to tell the story of what's happening in jeanine right now. the story of the occupation of policy and people. first of all, what is your reaction as a member of the british parliament? a la 1st will start by saying that i would like to express my sincere condolences and sympathies for the tragic murder off your colleague. and of course, also with our family for losing that such a care what let me bring to reach, but i am personally deeply disturbed and outrage to learn more drops down

to sherry. i sadly, this is not isolated when we look from the past the 4 years, see how large number of people have been killed egypt. and that is not acceptable. there's been a lot of statements of condemnation of outrage. reactions that we've seen a calling for an investigation. who should take responsibility thing for leading this investigation? i think perhaps the key point here is that this investigation should be independent so that everybody can have confidence clearly over the past history. there are many who don't have a confidence in simple, straightforward, in quality fits independent. this will get the credibility. so this is what a number of them and to use are asking the same today in britain. we are because

these crimes go unquestioned unpunished because these are any government knows they'll get away with not conducting a thorough investigation because they won't face any criticism from their allies from the us, the u. k. government, what are you as an m p willing to do to, to hold your government to account well with the key point i think. ready is for everybody's interest is that this inquiry is independent. so we can then really move forward. and then ultimately, all of us agree that across the world, the journalist to a very crucial, an important role in reporting conflicts and which seeks to the children telling the story of those active. and that must be protected for tests. and everybody in just this happens and here we expect the british government also to have the same values and therefore called for an independent inquiry into this incident beyond

the investigation and inquiry, what else should be happening? would you support for sanctions against these really government, for example? hello, look, my position and the position of the liber ortiz has been very clear. ultimately, this being the conflict which has been there for a long time for decades. and people are suffering as a result of this and who is it, everybody's interest, palestinians, this strain and the work community that there is a just piece that there is a to serve solution. so i think all of us needs to be more serious about this set top got on with it to achieve this. ready because if we don't achieve this, we will not have peace and we will see the suffering continue. that's not acceptable. thank you for joining us and thank you for bringing as your reaction. as far con a member of the u. k. parliamentary the opposition leave a party joining us there from london. we appreciate your time. now,

earlier sharina i will. atlas body was brought to the al jazeera offices in the occupied west bank. a large crowd had gathered outside the building in rama to pay their respects and express their anger over the killing. grieving colleagues and friends prayed of her remains before sharina body was carried through the streets. on israeli police storm the family home in occupied east jerusalem early as mourners paid their respects, their relatives, friends, and supporters of the journalist killed protests against the police action. while he is, what we know happened a so far to our colleague sherry in abil enclave was re 40 on is really raised in jeanine, in the occupied westbank. near daily raids have been carried out thereafter. a series of deadly attacks inside israel. shaheen was shot in the head despite wearing her press. best. doctors say she was killed instantly and couldn't have

been saved, even if she did reach hospital. her body has been carried to the on jessie or bureau in ramallah, as i mentioned. and on thursday, it will be taken to the palestinian presidential compound them kata. let's go to our white house correspondent now kimberly hall kit. there's been reaction, i understand. kimberly, from the white house spokesman person that's right in just the last few moments we received a comment from the deputy white house press secretary, karen jean pierre, who said aboard air force one and we are working on getting the audio of this statement. but for now, read it to you. we strongly condemn the killing of the al jazeera journalist and american citizen, and extend our deepest condolences and call for an investigation and prosecution of those responsible. it's of paramount importance. journalists should be able to do their jobs freely and there was a follow up question to the deputy press secretary about whether or not the

president has any intention of calling the israelis to discuss the killing of sharina abba clay. and this, as we know at this time, according to the press secretary, she said, our deputy press secretary, she said there is nothing to preview with regard to that. now we should know that, well, the details are still being worked out. there are plans on the radar for you as president joe biden to tentatively visit israel next month. that is certainly going to become more complicated as a result of this story. and there was no question about that visit by reporters on air force when we should point out the u. s. president. not here at the white house right now, heading to chicago to talk about domestic issues. but here in washington, this is definitely something on the white house is radar. given the fact that there are very close ties between israel and the united states that go back decades, the united states was the 1st country to recognize this real back in 1948 gives

billions in military assistance. and we should point out that that is assistance that is being questioned now by some members of congress, including palestinian american rashid, a to leim who, who did tweet earlier question what the, you know, the relationship between the united states and, or israel, something she's been very vocal about repeatedly talking about the fact that she believes that not only was this a murder by israeli forces, but also that this is perhaps done allegedly with weapons paid for by the united states with 0 accountability. now we know that there is an investigation ongoing. we do know that there are disputes about who is responsible in terms of firing that fatal bullet. but at the same time, there are already assumptions being made in both regions,

including here in the united states and one member of congress with close ties and of palestinian descent, receded to leave. feels that the united states, although it supports a 2 state solution and the official position of the by an administration is that, that it is not an equal relationship in terms of that support and the military support that comes from the u. s. congress over decades and billions upon billions of dollars is certainly an example of that. now, we should also point out that the united states has been very vocal about it's concerns about the escalation of violence in recent weeks in the region. there have been statements made by the, by the administration and recent weeks about the need to advance palestinian civilian and human rights. the support for a 2 state solution. and also that there is a need for palestinians to live a, equally in a dignity and security alongside israel,

ease. and so there was this need to make sure that there was nothing that could potentially escalate those tensions. of course, this is certainly something that will do just that the u. s. president and the biden administration as a whole, although they don't always demonstrate this themselves, have also under for that overall they believe in the importance of a free press. the u. s. president, talking about this very recently at a white house correspondents association, dinner calling it the guardians of truth. we should point out very quickly that the u. s. president set to meet with king abdullah of jordan on friday. the oval office . and there's no question that this very complicated relationship is something that those 2 men will discuss now getting that much more complicated. kimberly, thank you very much. kimberly how kitty's our white house correspondent, a knob is also been reaction from the us state department spokesman net price match sco to shebra tansy who's at the state department. forrest colleague was of course

panic. seen an american tell us about what the state department spokesman has been saying. he tweeted the following statement a few hours ago. we are hot, broken by and strongly condemned the killing of american journalist sharina 2 o'clock in the west bank. the investigation must be immediate and farrah, and those responsible must be held accountable or death is no front to media freedom. everywhere. we're not expecting any further official statements to be released by the state. a problem. there is a briefing coming up there. and i would imagine we, we will be pressing that price on what form this investigation should take place as because as we've been discussing, the israel varies have a long documented history off, never holding its own security personnel id, affal border patrol, or wherever 2 accounts are in fact that i was just looking, it was a harps is really newspaper investigation just last year. the end of last year which found out the basically the partners that they open investigation as an

announcement of the opening of an investigation. but then they remain open, languishing for months, months and months, and then before finally been consigned. somewhere in the israeli bureaucracy to having been been settled without any, any accountability. now this is an american citizen. is this going to be good enough for the state department at israel once again opens an investigation which may or may not ever even and, and certainly will, it's very likely not to receive, not to end up with any any accountability. i think that's gonna be a key question for net price given we're talking about in this particular case, an american citizen and given as, as kimberly was suggesting and others of suggested that the u. s. is not merely a bystander. it actively underwrites the occupation of the west bank and gaza with its $4000000000.00 of, of yearly aid. we should also point out there that the bite administration has effectively, clearly pretty much made a decision not to get to involved in what was once called the peace process. even on clear cut campaign, promises the bite administration pledging to for example,

reopen the u. s. consulate and occupied east jerusalem as a, as a means communicate with palestinians. he played territories, but has not done so because of israeli oppositional reviews, clearly lives over to, to acknowledge international law about the status of east jerusalem. and so, yeah, even all iran clear cut promises the bite administration has allowed the israeli government and effect of vito. we'll see whether an israeli investigation into role doing boats by its military order or to patrol or will be sufficient for the state reforms and provided insertion, elizabeth she ab, thank you very much for that. she had tansy live there at the u. s. state department in washington, and the u. s. ambassador to the united nations has called for a transparent investigation into the killing. i just want to express my sincere condolences over are the law serve the palestinian american. ah journalists,

alger journalists, who with skill sharing, ah, it was really a really, ah, horrifying, she's well respected. she was doing her job, the jobs that you all do every single day. and i, i just want to express my condolences to her family, her friends, her colleagues are in fact all of us for, for her loss of the situation of her killing. it's being i investigated and we call for a transparent investigation laughter. kristen salumi at the united nations for is there's been a lot of reaction from the when they had bring us up to speed. kristin, yes, that's right. you and officials from the secretary general to the high commissioner for human rights to the special envoy for the middle east are all also calling for a full and transparent investigation into exactly what happened. linda thomas

greenfield, spoke to reporters on her way into the security council meeting and acknowledged that she had just been interviewed by sharina in november in the west bank. she said that she, we had left that interview with great respect for her and she called her called it an extraordinary interview. in calling for this investigation, i asked her what her, what the united states demands of israel would be in this. and she said an independent transparent investigation. i pressed her on the fact that here at the united nations, many countries have been grumbling quietly, some not so quietly about would many perceive as a double standard and how certain conflicts, certain displaced people, certain refugees are treated as people of color versus a situation like what we see unfolding in ukraine,

where there are white european refugees, a different sense of urgency. she argued that was perception, that the united states was the largest funder of the palestinians in the occupied territories. and again, reiterated the call for a full investigation. but as we've been hearing from my colleagues, of course, the united states is also one of the largest funders of israel and the israeli military as well. so here at the united nations, this is been a conflict and a situation that's been under scrutiny for many, many years. again, there's been warnings in recent months about the situation in the occupied territories, escalating warnings that palestinian civilians were being held off, kill often in what appeared to be indiscriminate fire by israeli security forces and calls for investigations there as well. so will this escalate the situation any

further that remains to be seen? the united nations security council has been quiet on the situation in recent months, although holding an emergency meeting on escalating tensions there as well. and so certainly this is again, putting the unresolved issues of the occupied territories into the spotlight here on the international stage. christine, thank you very much for that christensen to me live for i say at the united nations . joining me now from new york is aimen will hill dean, who is a former colleague, a former al jazeera correspondence, now with emerson, b, c. m. and thank you so much for being with us today. ah, you knew and worked with serene. tell us 1st about what's going through your mind today and what would you like the world to to know and to remember about a colleague. it has been a very tough morning person. i'm not going to like you when i got the news last night, i got a call from a fellow palestinian american journalist who told me that in fact,

she had died and the circumstances under which she had died. and i have been struggling all day to process the information. i've been in touch with my friends in journalists who work with her in the 0 offices in jerusalem. and you know, it has been very difficult to process it all because on one hand i knew me personally, as you mentioned, i was correspondent based in jerusalem based and got i got to know stream very well . she was an incredible mentor of mine. i would probably say out of all of the journalists that i worked with there on the ground, and there are a lot. she was perhaps the one that took me under her wing the most taught me the lay of the land, tommy, as much as i could possibly learn about the politics of the region and what was happening day and day out. but she also had an incredible compassionate type there . i think if you look at every single picture that had been shared around the world

of her, she's always smiling because she had the biggest heart. she was the kindest person . and yet she had this determination and understood with such clarity the purpose in which she worked. this was a person who could have gone and ask for a transfer, worked anywhere else after spending nearly 2 decades reporting in jerusalem in the house in territories inside israel. but it was her home, she was never going to leave it. she reported on it day in and day out. and i think like the rest of the world, i'm just incomplete shock and grief about what she's leaving behind. she wasn't an ordinary journalist same and she was living witness of what was happening in the palestinian territories and israel. but she didn't just cover the issue of death and the issue of occupation a show of these really base. she actually enjoyed covering what it, what it was like to be palestinian palestinian culture policy and arts. she was

absolutely a proud palestinian journalist. and with that comes the reality that you report on the occupation that you live. and that is something that is extremely difficult to do under the circumstances with which you have to do it. but what she did with such grace and dignity was that she humanized palestinian. she was the kind of person who and there are videos of her. you would see sitting outside the steps of damascus gate in occupied east jerusalem when he wasn't working just because that's where she wanted to be and to witness and to be a part of the culture there. when she was a person with men, this pride in her people in her culture, in her nationality. and i think for me as somebody who is young and new to the region as reporter when i 1st met her, it rubbed off on me and made me feel a sense of pride in being able to cover and report on the situation there and be proud of everything else, the resilience of everything else that she was witnessing day in and day out. unfortunately, she's not the 1st journalist,

the 1st palestinian journalist to be killed, and unfortunately she won't be the last one is ready for says am and say they will investigate regularly, but there's been no accountability has their what measures do you think can be taken if any to protect journalist better, particularly those who are working in this region. well, look, i think the model speaks for itself. journalism is not a crime. and whether you are a journalist who dies in mexico or a journalist who dies in ukraine or a journalist who dies in the occupy palestinian territory. the international community, international governments, international organizations have to condemn the killing of journalists unequivocally. and they have to speak with one clear moral voice. you cannot treat journalists differently depending on which conflicts they cover and try to both sides. every situation.