google's policy, so we do see this biased towards israel from amongst american big tech companies, which haps isn't surprising when we consider america's pro israel relationship. marco and jones marco, and sorry, thank you so much for talking to us about this. thank you for your insight, marco and his assistant professor of middle east studies that have been highly for university hearing to thank you for your time. ah, thank you for joining us on al jazeera, it's 1900100. i was g m t. i'm fully back, people was continuing coverage here on al jazeera of the killing of our colleague, journalists, sri and i will actually buy it's really forces in the occupied west bank earlier this wednesday, sharon was shot while covering and he's really raid in the city of jeanine al jazeera media network has called it a blatant murder, violating international laws and norms, jamal in china have our report. oh,

don't shoot the messenger unless you're in is really 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 in a barclay, is the latest reporter to be killed by the israeli military, which has a long history of targeting journalists and news outlets. particularly al jazeera should in a veteran reporter who spent her life covering events and occupied palestine was among a group of journalists, documents and what was happening in janine early on wednesday. according to eye witnesses and video footage, she was wearing a safety vest and helmet, both of which clearly identified her as a member of the press. despite this or maybe how it is, we are going to interrupt that report and take your life to the united nations where the palestinian ambassador to the u. n. is speaking right now. best left

utility, as i said to you from the mission of the state of palestine to the when we send 3 identical letters to the security council to the secretary general and to the president of the general assembly in which we condemned this action. and it would demanded from dent at national community to shoulder is to responsibility in this connection. and also with a iterating the call for an international independent investigation on those who have committed this crime and to make them face and to pay the price for what they did. and also we have for those and interested in adding copies and out of it, there is a press release of our letter that we send to the security council and to the as g and to the pga. let me just tell you that we are also engaging members of the security council. it would be an appropriate thing and in line of the global or condemnation of this action and calling for the defense of journalists in

carrying their nobel duty in covering you know, our events on the ground. and they're asking, you know, for having an international independent investigation, this is what i wanted to share with you. and i am sure that the entire or international community is watching us. or we have received a huge number of verb statements by countries, by organizations, by journalist groups or by president, man with our best buy leaders from all corners of the globe. things also attributed to the u. n. and to members inside their a security council, including the united states of america. we appreciate all these positions, but we want this a global outcry to be translated into concrete steps to go after those criminals

will have led to the assassination of a wonderful outstanding palestinian journalist. working for al jazeera, i know her personally, and she, i had the interviews with her many times. personally, she is beyond super wonderful person. and she is a great journalist and we messed her immensely. and i believe that she will be having a state burial tomorrow, or in the compound of pleasure, that man with a bus and he himself, personally, will participate in their process. oh, it's a wound. it was dec, cbs 1st. thank you. it's pamela far from cbs. thank you about that or what would an international tribunal look like? thank you. we don't want to get into the details, but we want international to mean that we reject the claims of israel,

that they can do a credible investigation. there are the criminals, under criminals, cannot investigate themselves. we want international and we wanted to be independent in order to guarantee that it hasn't. or whoever will do that or will do not have hidden agendas, but will do it independently and highly qualified so that we can get to the bottom of this sir, a crime. and to go after those who have committed this good. well, we will have one and out of it. some items from mulatto be a genius favorite from adams and legendary. do you expect or you, would you like to see a statement from the security council condemning the killing of sion, of ugly and to the ambassador of the united arab league? which other steps are you going? is there a big now in to take where there are specially countries are you going to call on

countries who are, has diplomatic relationship with israel to, ah, colewell investors? are you going to take more steps? dang, just having another am statement issued by you. thank you very much. or regarding the 1st question, yes. not only would like to see or position or a statement from the security council condemning this sir. criminal act on calling for an international, independent and credible investigation, or an protection for a journalist and the palestinian people as a whole, living under occupation, but to more than just a whole ping the 3rd they will learn have a statement. we are working very hard to that effect. well, thank you very much and let me start by presenting our condolences and the legal father states stood up at his senior people and to the family of ms. utley and,

and to stress that we look at this as a one further step of the escalation of situation that is happening by those radio authorities. and that started during the month of ramadan, with the escalation happening in jerusalem and that on to those and that taxed by the settlers, protected by the israeli armed forces. and then now with that tax on, on jordan alice, that is right to suppress the freedom of press that we have just celebrated a few days ago. and with that, with all the, with all that she was, she was fully geared to with all those marks with the press and with that and with everything. so this is not only an attack on a person whether a senior or not, but it is an attack on the freedom of the press and the freedom of opinion around around, around the globe. further actions are going to be taken based on meetings that are

going to take place, sir. we are up and approaching the presidency of the security council and members of security council. on one hand, we are consulting with the secretary general of the you, and that is at our level here in the us. but at the same time consultations are going on within the counsel of the legal father states in cairo. and there is a possibility of other actions that might be coming through. but we wanted to come to you today with, along with the president of the art group with the statement of the arab group, which is fully supportive of the position taken by the palestinian authority and, and calling also for the resumption of the peace process as long as there is no political horizon to the peace process and as long as the big powers are not paying enough attention to the situation in the middle east and are paying only attention to the situation in your crane and in asia and then other places. this situation,

this miserable situation and miserable in front of the confrontation between the parties are going to be continues. that is a need for these process, credible to be in place. and we will start with the quartet meeting at the ministerial level and then start to come to the summit. that is, pro, has been proposed by president i best in the security council, and they are 20182019. and in the general assembly at the of 2020 and the address of the 2nd, the general of their not admission. so that is a lot the work to be done and we have to get back to work on all fronts. thank you . sad that sir. feel now the israeli, only these are denying that the commit this act, and they're suggested as showing a investigation and doug, the palestinian authorities, they denied that out. they don't wanna do that. is there any confirmation? and if it's are to rule out, what are the reasons, thank you. there is there really are military or forces are responsible for

her assassination. in fact, one or is that a really credible learn of human rights organization? bit selim or indicated that the narrative of the israeli side is her not credible and it is wrong. and if you see some of the pictures circulated of her, the place where she was assassinated and the place were of the israelis claim that the, the palestinian, her defenders of the cam were engaging them. the distance is very far away so that the story of the israeli side does not hold water. it is fictitious, and it is her mother in line with reality, and we do not accept to have investigation on this issue with those who are, are the criminals in conducting this event itself. but i want somebody if,

if there is a representative of al jazeera, i want to give them the right to ask the question. because i just finished, you know, an interview with them. or, you know, talking about the sharing a barclay. and there i, there are waiting and probably there are watching us now live in this press conference. but if you wish to ask a question, if you wish to ask it in arabic, if you want less. and then if you can also give us a statement in arabic, we would okay. all right, and of course with that you have, i mean, what are you expecting from the you and from the international? by did you expect that they would actually support your card for this international investigation? and how are you going to pressure them to actually take action and have an impartial investigation for the assassination of our colleagues, city f, one, to examine the statements, the 10s of statements issued by different countries including members of the

security council, including the president of the security security council, one can see that there is many common points together that logically should allow for every action from the security council, or if not exactly in all these elements, perhaps some other elements and that is up to the negotiation between the different parties. and as we speak, we put in the hands of or close friends in the security council language to reflect what i am saying. and we hope that the, the security council would raise to the level of acting on such thing and to act as quickly as possible. it is our duty to do that. we are doing good and we hope that we can succeed in this endeavor to will steps to be taken and the men that he'll days in the coming days while the one over. in addition to the condemnation in which all of them condemn this criminal act,

or we expect that an investigation to take place or out of desire and there are and the position is that it has to be international, credible. but of course, in all we'll see what the end process will be, but definitely we will not accept an investigation by that. is there either occupying authority and we will not to the investigation with them. our side is doing its own investigation because it is our responsibility to do so. but what we are asking for an international independent investigation. of course some are asking the i c. c to conduct this investigation or that would be also acceptable to us. there are a variety of options. the most important thing that the security council to speak

with one voice. again, such a crime against, you know, surely in the assassination of sharina barkley. and if you want me say something, an arabic, a, come a thought, all her them tomorrow as you have she and this is a press conference, had a i jayla that has hurried leisure, a lot organized from our that was out of breath are in. and the delegation of palestine had the hill dreamer because this crime lit, sharing a bark of the assassination of dorian bartley, who is one of the most prominent and the palestinian journalist, and maybe the atom wonder who worked for the ga, has leon assassinating today in the tampa, and janine or she was covering the events there in the that the arab delegations in new york have been under the guidance of the arab league that he was sick of 3, have issued in at that address or mythology release, which you have old been given said here and the asking for

a fair and just investigation of this to be done under the auspices of the united nations. again this and bring those responsible to just this. we're thank all the arab countries not entirely for the swift answer, a positive reaction to an issue in this very quick statement. and we're thank the arab league of his and the arab league of a group or under the chairmanship of the white. and of course, the arab nick played a positive role in this imagined movement under the ship over its an investor, the unmeasured abdel aziz. and we have sent the memo to the job security accounts and the new noted nations that it contained in all these elements. you get and we have to give you a copy. and of course we have issued the statement in our before the journalists

who so that one addressed all these points. we are in constant communication with the security council and the secretary general law, the other departments of the united nations. not only to the responsibility funds, sure. the name of the city in a box and her great role, which she has called for all these people to come together because you are working in the same profession. and we all have responsibility as representative of countries in order to make it easy. all of the possibility facilitate your job so that you can work in a situation with visions and places where it can be difficult. and of course, one of your colleagues, sharina barkley has phil walden in execution her duty with her. i

remember her and our money, we send our deepest condolences to her family and the palestinian people in general . and we are proud of this kind of girl of the palestinian. you are what people i have one question about. like you said, that crane us stolen a little bit, the spotlight from the situation in middle east where he's the quite at now what's happening, what he's blocking. we operate in an environment that is difficult and we understand it. we have been working very hard for a long period of time to see the court that meeting at the ministerial level. we understand that we've been missing that to the palestinian ambassador to the united nations, where the old ko wait ambassador as well, and the arab league ambassador to the un reacting to the killing of our colleague

sharon utley. earlier today, by israeli forces, audrey arrayed in jeanine in the occupied west bank. the palestinian ambassador said that they had sent a letter to the un security council, calling for an independent investigation into the killing of a colleague. we heard from the abilene ambassador, who said, oh, so that, that there's a possibility of other actions that might come through. let's bring in griffin salumi was at the united nations for us were more on this. tell us more christian about what we heard from the ambassador's there. what is their message to the international community? while they're calling on the international community to do something about not only the death of our colleagues, charee and alexa, but also the ongoing situation that palestinians face in the occupied territories. the ambassador and a letter to the security council pointed out that just 2 weeks ago, a case was brought to the international criminal court by 3 human rights

organizations and journalists, organizations accusing israel of targeting journalists and calling for an investigation and to the death of some 40 journalists, since 2000 that have not been held accounted there, has been no accountability. they pointed out. but what i thought was very interesting is the ambassador called for an independent international investigation and rejected what the united states and israel have been calling for in terms of a joint investigation that involves both israeli and palestinian investigators. they said in bassett, rod monsters said directly, criminals can't investigate themselves. israel on the other hand, is accusing palestine of rushing to judgment. palestine counters with the misinformation that was put out early after the attack and has been ruled back by israel. so,

so clearly what the arab group here at the united nations is calling for is this independent investigation by an international body. and they're also working on the security council as well. the ambassador said that he had received an outpouring of a condolences over this killing that members of the security council, including the presidency. that would be the united states who holds the security council presidency. this man had expressed their, their regret and their concern. he wants action, he wants the council to come together and make a statement at something that they very rarely do on the situation in the palestinian territory. so that is where things are for, for the arab group here that and they said that they put some elements together that they felt that the council could come together and work on. and of course they're calling on the you when to support those efforts as well. ok, christine,

thank you very much for the moment. kristin salome life for us at the united nations. let's get some analysis now with our senior political analyst, marin bashar, who's alive from london, are the ambassadors at the united nations. they're calling for an international independent investigation. my one, what did you make of what they had to say? to look at it is important, of course, in terms of a public diplomacy. it's important terms of internationalizing. what, what should be internationalized, which is both an attack on press and press freedom and an attack on people on the occupation. basically, no people have been there for generations under is really probation. so both cases, the cases of human rights for journalists and the human rights of palestinians must be internationalized. and they should of course, always be a you an interest and you and pressure. and yes, why not a u. s. investigation?

if israel accepts at the, at that at all, having said all of that for these, i'm just worried that we get lost in that real of the so called investigation. when we just heard from the state department about that we trust is radius of the investigation. and that's the end of that story for me looking at the situation and looking at it within its historical context of yesterday on last week and the last 50 years. it is clear who is responsible for the killing of our colleague. and janine is the same. who are responsible for the invasion of janine for the re than janine is the same. who are responsible for the raid on sharon's house this afternoon? i'm not sure why they had the feeling that was they killed her in the morning. they should drive their house in the afternoon. does that need that investigation?

so i think there's a sense here that we asked why it's important to look more carefully on to what happened. i think we should be clear about word that a sponsor with the lies and that's the 1st and foremost, a political responsibility of the israeli government. absolutely. my one we heard of the arab league ambassador at the un talk about the possibility of other actions that might come through. what do you think he's referring to here? and could this bleeds you thing to some movement on these really palestinian peace bosses who, which has been all but dead in the last years? yes, and of course this, as i said, the other important aspect of this there is the attack on journalism and journalist and that is the attack on the palestinian people. and we know a number of things are happening. one, we know that the president biden is coming to the region and to israel palestine up by the maybe even visiting a hospice that it is jerusalem. sometime towards the end of june. we know that

there is pressure ah, by the palestinians in order to move forward. but we also know that there's a thought of rejection on the part of the israeli prime minister to engage the policy. now on any level, bennett who the palestinian considered to be a war criminal accuses the pet of senior lead that of being supporting terrorists. so there isn't much of a communication going on that on the, on the top are tier of, of the leadership. i am afraid the peace process is dead long believe that these process, i think there is no, there is no, you know, there's no real benefit from once again, talking about diplomacy when we know that the illegal settlements are mushrooming like never before the depression is going on and the judicial zation of east jerusalem is going on. and there is an israeli prime minister who is himself an illegal, subtler, and rejects the concept of about a senior stay of negotiations with the palestinians and of the occupying the west

bank and gaza. my one thank you very much for the moment. my one becerra is our senior political analysts. while loss of reaction, as we've been hearing all day on it, we're account 0. media network has put out a statement offering is condolences and said in a blatant murder, violating international laws in norms. these really occupation forces assassinated in cold blood al jazeera is correspondent out there. media network condemns is heinous crime which intends to only prevent the media from conducting their duty. al jazeera whole seas, really government and the occupation forces responsible for the killing of our lead colleagues sharina. it also calls on the international community to condemn n. hold is really occupation forces accountable. let's go to our white house correspondent now kimberly how kit for reaction from there. tell us about what the biden administration has been saying. kimberly. as

a deputy white house press secretary, korea, jean pierre saying aboard air force wine. i'll read out her statement in its entirety, it deserves to be read out. she says we strongly condemn the killing of al jazeera journalist, an american citizen, shriek to abu our clay in janine today. and we extend our deepest condolences to her family. we call for a thorough investigation to determine the circumstances of her death. investigating a tax on a independent media prosecuting those responsible are of paramount importance. we will continue to promote media freedom and protect journalists ability to do their jobs without fear of violence threats to their lives, or safety or unjust detention. now it's important to note and all of this as well as the u. s. president, set to travel to israel next month, no details about his trip or how this could impact the trip in any way. we also know that the u. s. president is set to later this week. sit down with the king of

jordan, king of dollar in the oval office. clearly this is something that the 2 men will discuss. given the fact that the united states has a strong security partnership with jordan and israel as well. and the fact that israel is now denying that it had any role in this killing something that the palestinians are of course discounting. now in the midst of all of this, we should point out that to one of the big concerns for so many in the united states has been be unconditional support of israel when it comes to security assistance in the tune of billions of dollars each year. and the irony, the fact that i sharina i play is in fact a u. s. citizen. the fact that potentially as this is being investigated, she may have died out by a weapon paid for by us taxpayers. again, this is still being investigated, but certainly the u. s as provided billions over the past decades and the that the

u. s. continues to essentially speak out of both sides of his mouth. certainly has been not lost in a moment like this. the fact that it has, as recently as just last month was again reiterated it support for a 2 state solution that there is the need for palestinians to live and co exist with israelis in the same and equal measure of security and dignity. there is, of course, this on even support of the is really security state. now, the goal of the united states is to try and bring the 2 sides closer. but of course, they have also said that is necessary to make sure that there is nothing that would prevent that from happening in terms of escalating of tensions. but what we've heard from our, our guest repeatedly is this certainly is something that would escalate those tensions met as something of concern to members of congress. including where she did to leave, who is called the unconditional support and 0 accountability. something that needs

to change by the u. s. congress, the latest member of congress to talk about this chris murphy, who also is count calling for a investigation into the death of sharina clay. thank you for that. kimberly. kimberly hawk it is live at the white house for us this evening. an actual time ago the u. s. state department spokesman net prize called for an immediate investigation into the killing serene with a veteran report. she was followed closely by those who care about the region and is mourned by all the newer the secretary folk just when we could go on world press freedom day about the fundamental role of journalists play and the free flow of information, ideas, opinions, including dissenting ones, as being a central to inclusive and tolerance societies, it is hard to see the killing of another journalist just one week later we call for an immediate and thorough investigation and all accountability. and that's getting attacks on independent media and prosecuting those responsible are paramount importance. we will continue to promote media,

freedom and protect journalist ability to do their jobs without fear or violence, threats to their lives, or safety, or unjust attention. her death is a tragic loss and in the front to media, freedom everywhere. laughter, she had returned the at the state department for she have tell us more about what was said today at the state department briefing as we've been hearing in the last few hours. the main topic of concern, one of the main topics of concern is who will conduct an investigation that will achieve some sort of accountability and that price that the state department has the white house press. folks have been saying that they demand accountability will who will conduct that investigation, given what is impossible to ignore israel's whoa. full records investigating its own security forces. net price at the state department spokesperson saying that israel has the wherewithal on capability to investigate. and he's sticking to that line even when he's.