horses gone, saying they decimating a pristine environment, including the habitats of endangered native animals. but horse activists on lobbying hard to keep them arguing that their communities, lifestyle, and cultural identity is under threat. ah, global condemnation. after veteran al jazeera correspondence, sri o'clock is shot dead by israeli forces while covering, arrayed in the occupied westbank. ah, hello, there are more a kyle, this is al jazeera live from dough hall with our extensive coverage of the killing of serene abil act. let her browse, gathered outside the family's home to pay respects to the journalist whose funeral

is on friday is rarely military as admitted soldiers from an a needs unit. one dozens of bullets during the raid, but has not taken responsibility for her death. and despite international calls were transparent investigation, few palestinians believe any one will be held accountable. mm mm. the killing of an al jazeera journalist by israeli forces, has central vibrations across the arab world, sparking shock grief and demands for an investigation. showing a black la was shot in the head was covering and israeli rate in the city of janine . and just a few hours time, her body will be moved to the palestinian presidential headquarters in ramallah. for a state service is wally military has admitted soldiers from leach unit 5,

dozens of bullets during the raid, but has not taken responsibility for her death. well, i'll shall report her. 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 broccoli 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 helmets, 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 hit sharina. they killed her in cold blood because they are killers and specialized, and killing only palestinian people. we had no resistance and there was no palestinian resistance at all. at the scene. journalist somebody 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 garza was wanting to rebel while journalist travadone b did. he was assaulted by israeli forces, whilst reporting on israel's ethnic cleansing of our residence in occupied east jerusalem street 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 saved limb and is that a human rights issue? and that decided a long time ago that they are no longer going to even into act with the complaint system with invisible eli army because it is not serious. it doesn't find is that

a soldiers 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 be in was killed, trying to inform the world of what was happening in her country. the world now knows that an occupied palestine, no one is safe from israel's bullets. not even journalists. john drama lecture young. i just 0. sharina black. there was a pioneering palestinian american journalist and

a household name for many. on wednesday, her body was taken to the al jazeera headquarters and the occupied westbank. ah, a large crowd gathered outside the building in ramallah to pay their respects and express anger over the killing. grieving, colleagues and friends prayed over her remains before showing 40 was carried through the streets of the city. neither abraham reports from ramallah. we know city is a very well respected journalist, but it's still a very hard thing to see. people who don't know her personally, people who just came because they seen her on tv for years covering and telling their stories. so they were here, they were crying. we've also seen our colleagues who have been in jeanine since the early morning. some of them who had with her when she was shot injured, taken to the hospital, were shouting at her,

asking her to wake up. they were in shock. so others went in the morning when they heard the news to janine. and then all of them brought the body here to them allah to al jazeera building. one of the places she loved and spent a lot of time and seen their colleagues hugging each other, even the people that i've been seeing throughout this morning holding up trying to be strong, pushing through, i've seen them break down a difficult scene. we can see that palestine is more named one of her kind female journalists. they're building towards the hospital where city inst, buddy is gonna stay for the night ahead of the preparations for the a burial ceremony. we've seen people here go in as continuous protests,

walk in the streets of drama, la remembering city chanting slogans are remembered in her. so we are expecting the body to be taken to the presidential headquarters where there is going to be an official ceremony held by the palestinian president to honor shitty. and we are expecting the body to be buried in jerusalem. on friday, on wednesday, israeli police pushed into sharina blacklist family home in occupied east jerusalem . as mourners paid their respects their relatives, friends, and supporters of the germans protested against the police action. some of our close relatives have spoken of their grief. with i just want to understand why they killed her.

why did they kill her? she mean, isn't. she wasn't my aunt. she's also my best friend. my 2nd long. oh my companion, she was my everything. she, someone i've been looking up to ever since i was a kid watching all of her reports with them and i never imagined. i never thought this day with kong where the news would be about her and she won't be the one who was covering the youth. stephanie deca has more now from outside the family home. more people have been arriving here as the night goes on to pay their condolences to screens. family. we are just outside the family home in bay tanina and occupied east jerusalem are you also have toned being on being on throughout the evening, about unity, palestinian unity or condemning what happened,

calling for revenge and also just highlighting the tragedy of what happened here. many people here extremely angry, extremely sad to me, shot and what's happened was i hadn't got up to date, serene unites us. she unites all our homes and towns. she unites old palestinians from north to south. were all crying. she read the whole world is crying, she read. sharina is an icon. her soul paid for her free words. we will never forget cheering to day were gathered in front of sheen's house to pay our respects . she will forever be in our hearts. earlier in the day we had 3 israeli police officers arriving here, entering the home to much protest from every one here or they started yelling at i was telling them to leave. basically, they were telling the family to switch off the patriotic songs that were being

played outside is made people extremely angry, extremely offensive at a time when the family is still coming to terms of what has happened, serena's brother is due to arrive this evening and will be arriving on thursday. i should in body will be in the law on thursday, why the palestinian bath will be holding a salvage. and then our final resting place will happen here in jerusalem. on friday, the u. s. has strongly condemned the killing and the state department says those responsible must be held accountable. our white house correspondent, kimberly healthcare reports. dozens of journalists in washington gathering near the offices of al jazeera on wednesday to mourn the loss of one of their own. shreed clay, a colleague, they loved for her friendship and admired for her work, meant what they've done work that is respected at the highest levels of the us government. now, the biden administration is condemning sharina,

killing an american citizen, and calling for an investigation and prosecution of those responsible. it is important to us. it is important to the world that that investigation be thorough, that it be on premises, that'd be transparent. and importantly, that investigations end with full accountability and those responsible for her death being held responsible for their actions on capital hill for the most powerful member of the us house of representatives. met with jordan's king abdullah, nancy pelosi called the killing a horrific tragedy. adding the congress is committed to the defense of press freedom worldwide. people walk up to the killing of serene o'clock on the floor, palestinian american member of congress rashid to leave cold for a moment of silence. earlier she tweeted, she read clay was murdered by

a government the received unconditional funding by our country with 0 accountability. indeed, the security relationship between the us and israel stretches back for decades. each year, billions in unconditional security assistance provided the irony, one of those weapons paid for by us taxpayers could ultimately be found responsible for the death of an american. last month at the white house correspondents association, dinner and evening, dedicated to honoring journalism u. s. president joe biden said the rights of journalists to do their job must be protected. the pre fresh is not the enemy, the people for prom. it at your best. your guardian is the truth. president biden is set to travel to israel next month. no details of his trip have been released. on friday, he will sit down in the oval office with king abdullah of jordan to agenda items

now about to become more complex. in light of the death of serene acclaim, kimberly helped al jazeera the white house. when he had palestinian american congress, women rashida play a slab in kimberly's report that she also said the buys administration needs to use the funding. it gives to israel as leverage to hold us accountable was not only a palestinian and very very well respected journalist. but she was also an american . ah, we also had americans in the past, including omar, us, i recently, who was also killed by israeli forces. are we truly going to sit back and allow united states period dollars in funds to be used to killing american citizen? this to me is very much a, a threshold that we need to understand in the body michigan understand they can't

look away and continue to say and allow the same people are pressing the same people committing those more crimes to do the investigation is just wrong. and unjust, if anything, let's tree her what she is. she is a citizen of citizen of our country, even before he's a journalist for she was going to some of our country and she was literally targeted in murder by really force it. now, folks want to say that they that in happen then prove it. sure with the evidence because witnesses on the ground need to be interviewed by our government by those that again can be at least somewhat impartial to making sure that the truth comes out. you know, president biden was very clear in the correspondents dinner, and he said that their guardian journalists are guardians of the truth. well, this is our chance to give justice to shaheen. who fought to tell that truth. we need to tell her, choose, we need to investigate ourselves, the killing of an american citizen, somebody that was out there being a guardian of truth and doing her job was again murdered by the per type government

that we continue to fund with unconditional aid for me. you always will dream and hope, obviously that people will wake up and understand that again, us looking away is just going to enable it to continue to enable the continue the violence. i just hope that people tell the story setting. shaheen has a beautiful story of the work that she's been doing on the ground. she again, in many ways, if she was here, she'd be reporting specifically about this and making sure to educate the public. i know this much. the american people are with us. they want to condition aid to any government. that doesn't mean human rights values and international law. we hear it all the time. i just hope it doesn't reach the halls of congress at some point. i mean, we need to change because it's not working. when human rights often says that impunity must end kristen slim, he has more on the reaction from un headquarters in new york. he looked that he said i condemnations and calls for an investigation or to the death of al jazeera,

serene ob lockley came quickly at the united nations from top you and officials as well as member nations and the lead of arab states that we look at this as a one further step of this collision of situation that is happening by the israeli authorities and that started during the month of ramadan. so this is not only an attack on a person. oh, we're the but a senior or not, but it is not debt on the freedom of the press and the freedom of opinion. the u. s . ambassador to the united nation is called her death, horrifying. she was very well respected. i actually had the opportunity to meet with her when i was in. ah, the westbank, i'll west november and, ah, she did an extraordinary interview and i laugh there filling extraordinary respect for her. so i know that she will be sadly miss by all of us, and we have to ensure that we get to the bottom of her with her killing linda

thomas greenfield, called on israel and the palestinian authority to conduct a joint investigation. an idea echoed by israel's ambassador, but refused by palestinians will reject the claims of israel that they can do a credible investigation. there are the criminals and the criminals cannot investigate themselves on the mission or the palestinian ambassador called for an independent international investigation and pointing out in a letter to the security council that 40 palestinian journalists have been killed since the year 2000 with no accountability. the arab league also called for action on the part of the security council and a resumption of the peace process warning that of world powers don't focus on the region. confrontations and misery will continue. kristin salumi al jazeera, the united nations chris doyle is the director of the council for arab british

understanding. he says it's always been difficult to hold israel to account throughout all of these trustees that we have seen over the years and decades. that israel has been accused of whether it's in golf at the west bank in lebanon, in the past. there's never really been that independent inquiry into their actions, with the ability to hold those responsible to account course the united states is a main reason for this. but i think there's something else of play here and what we see so often on those a recent report brought house in canada about anti palestinian racism, racism against where the body counts on. don't that the killings of arabs and palestinians are just numbers. they're not stories that the humanoid and they are deprived of the context, but not considered to be indigenous people with rights to self determination and so forth. and this is being recognized the world over. at a broader level. it means that european powers, united states,

that friends can get away with pretty much anything. the enemies are held to account and we see this, of course, over ukraine, where russia, in the case of russia, the icpc is brought into play. this can be an investigation. we see that western companies pulling out russia huge expressions of anger and concern. but none of this happens when it is for a friend or the west. and in this case, israel. so we could see, i hope, i really hope that we will see general genuine accounts, but a t for the killing of serene. but i fear that if things go as normal, what we will see is this will soon be forgotten. the industrial scale efforts to blow the story and cloud the issue with alternative narratives. and we've already seen these already. narrative changing several times today will be perhaps

successful. and that will be some other story that will make the headlines in the days to come. we mustn't allow that to happen. absolutely vital to international law mean something and it means something for all those palestinians whose killings have also gone on to investigate to them in our minds your views. so far this year is ready, forces have killed 10 palestinian children. now they're not get any investigations to circumstances or they're killing. this has to stop that selim the jerusalem based human rights organization disputes. his radio claims about the death of serene or is there any forces issued a video which they say shows an armed palestinian firing. but, but seldom has published footage, analyzing this location, saying it doesn't match up with the place where sharina was killed. how guy l at is the executive director of but seldom he explains why israel's claims don't work. i

think it's worth pointing out. the line was propagated by no less than days. ready? prime minister, foreign minister, defense minister, other ministers, and the idea spokesperson in the immediate hours after the killing, also show you what the silver is. researcher is found engineering this morning. it might, according to him, saudi was that in fact, it is inconceivable. it's absolutely impossible. dot the footage on which the short one which deals propaganda was basing its false claims could in no shape or form depicted gunfire. at the journalists, there is no line of sight between one location and the other. and in fact, our researcher into taking him a few minutes to walk from one location to the other location in osmond on listed

ation. is one of the israels most tried and unfortunately successful tricks and the last impunity that provides itself. israel does not investigate israel whitewash years, and the investigation is just the 1st or rather the announcement on the investigation is just the 1st stage in the whitewashed investigations are not meant to stop you got to be. they are meant to protect department traders, marco and dan, just an assistant professor of middle east studies at had been cliff university. he says, israel, we use public relations tactics to shift responsibility for showing death. the israeli state is very used to managing these crisis situations in which the kil palestinians citizens or journalists. so what they've done is they've already had a narrative. and that narrative is that there was an ambiguity about the killing of sri. and in this case, there was a possibility that it could've been palestinians. we know this is very implausible

. however, this narrative was put up very early. the video question was published by the ministry of foreign affairs, which has a track record in using social media to disseminate falsehood. if you remember recently when amnesty international released and applaud accusing israeli state apartheid minister of foreign affairs, took out an ad on google accusing embassy of anti semitism. so we know that they have the strategies in the pipeline with regards to sherry, and they obviously want to use at this time because this time is crucial. and i can't emphasize this enough. this is the moment where there's going to be the most outpouring of outrage and grief about the killing of terrain. so if they can cast doubt, if they can muddy waters around the death terrain, by possibly getting newspapers in the international sphere to suggest that she was killed by a palestinian, they have been successful. and in reality, this is what happened. the garden newspaper, you can be p. c. i've already been very clear about putting israeli version of events very high up on in their reporting event. and so this is a huge,

huge problem. and it's a deliberate strategy i would say from the israeli p. r team to actually to try and muddy the waters about the killing. then sas on center of justice for palestinians has demanded an investigation into the systematic targeting, targeting of journalists by israel, independent organizations said sharina dedicated her life to one of the most important principles in a democracy. freedom of speech, journalists like sharina, crucial and hold in governments that violate international law to account is was belligerent and excessive use of force has led to irreversible damage and the killing of innocent journalists. this can no longer be allowed to continue. while palestinian israeli conflict will remains one of the most dangerous for journalists, the new york based committee to protect journalists estimates 18 have been killed since 1992. but the palestinian journalist syndicate estimates the figure is 3 times higher. fleming is rarely fire for most casualties. sam best raphi has more

ha, in israel's occupation of palestine, its tactics have become increasingly aggressive over the decades. so to it's cracked up on media workers covering her on the killing of old years. you're a journalist and palestinian american sharina of walkway. and the latest example on your can come up. i yeah. in may 2021 israeli air raid brought down of building in the gaza strip. that housed local people and international media offices, including those of olds. as you press freedom advocates said it was an attempt to silence journals a month later. israeli police destroyed old as your equipment and arrested jerusalem correspondent as you probably. oh no. do that over breaking her head in the process of witnesses said her press sign was clearly

visible and the arrest was unprovoked. a burglar was also in her press, best and helmet at the time of her death. time and time again. it has been shown that israeli for the kill palestinians, including palestinian journalists without cause in the occupied territory. and it's very extra, extremely rare that israeli soldiers, captains, or military officials are ever held accountable for their actions. israel often uses what it calls secret evidence to detain palestinian journalist for months without due process and restrict their movements. attacks by israel forces have also left dozens injured, a palestinian center of human rights report in 2020 found journalists face, quote, cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment at the hands of israeli forces in the wake of workers death . israel's army says it does not target journalists and his foreign minister suggested conducting a joint investigation and autopsy,

and offer palestinian leaders refused. israeli forces have directly targeted journalists with lee full force in the past. in 2008 israeli soldiers killed reuters camera, man. fidel shot he filmed the tank as it fired the show that killed him. his final image is captured on tape before his camera was destroy. shanar too was wearing body armor marked press at the time of his death. sharina of luckily was killed covering in israeli raid on jeanine in the occupied west bank. the cutter based broadcaster said odyssey ra producer, ali alsa moody was also wounded. the latest casualties of israeli attacks on journalists that seem to go on with impunity in basra. v altura ivan michelle dean is showing a former colleague. he says there must be instructional accountability. wherever a journalist is killed, 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 government, international organizations have to condemn the killing of a journalist, 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. so that your office gave the realities on the ground. and it's very important that we remind ourselves in journalist, remind their viewers and their, and their readers, that as they report on these conflicts, they do so with a tremendous amount of danger to their own personal safety. but they understand that, and we must on the other side of it, as people who consumed the news, read the news, watch the news, respect the profession, and make sure that we go out of our way to, to, to not just understand what they're reporting. but to make sure anybody who hurts

a journalist killed a journalist is held accountable to the full extent of the law. we cannot have double standards. we treat the killing of journalists, or, you know, that torture of journalists or the detention of differently depending on who the perpetrator is. if they're a close proximity to us or not as, as western government as an koran, as a policy and activists. she says, sharin was an important figure for a whole generation of palestinians. i grew up going to the friends girls school and mama, and she once visited our school. i was around 7 when the father, the 2nd to father began and so her name and her voice, the tone of her voice in specific was when we would often emulate when we as kids would get together. most of our parents were around o'clock watching tv when electricity was available. and so she'd even always just represented the.