that should ins mrs was delivered. they felt that she cared for them. she felt like they felt like she cared who each and every student. remember, if you're talking about the journalist who's been covering the same exact pain for 26 the years. some people might get her more in some different minds, resorted to please she's never said this debris opened at all, but that wasn't shitty. she would always whenever something happens to try and find the human agen. right. that's how the news effect that with this resonated with why did payday is so great. all right. hey, thank you very much standby for us, anita. we appreciate it. it's just after $900.00 g m t mid day in israel in the occupied territories. i'm kim vanelle. you're watching our continuing coverage of the killing of palestinian al jazeera

journalist, sharina of walkway. shame was shot in the head spy israeli forces on wednesday, or covering a rate in the occupied westbank city of janine. a body has been taken to the presidential compound in ramallah, where palestinian president spotwood a pass paid his respects. al jazeera media network has described the 51 year old death as blatant murder making claire. it holds israel, responsible. these ready military has admitted soldiers from an elite unit. 5, during the rate, does not say that its troops are to blame. manas earlier gathered sat a hospital in ramallah, where she reads remains were held to pay their respects. there. among them was chauffeur, honey ayesha, the journalist, who was beside her, when she was short, did she says the shooting was intended to kill jani, you must be the knock woolen. i left the law. the occupation forces had led us to reach that point where they fired on us. i went to tell her that, i'm sorry,

i couldn't protect you when we were under fire. i failed to save you alayna. ramallah as governor was also among those morning at the hospital. lilac on him says, sharing a block lay will be remembered for the stories she covered in the occupied palestinian territories. then had dialect couldn't bit willis pay me o palestine urines were the family of sheranda. she was everywhere in palestine gold. unfortunately, she has left this life, but she showed what a great role model she was for new journalists. she is an icon representing alger 0, an old journalists who lost their lives wearing depressed jacket. homer, but we must protect every just and we wish her all the blessings of god would be good. let's go back to nita abraham, who is in ramallah at the palestinian presidential headquarters. ah, where that state service has just been held. i need a reminder of you as of who just joined us of, of what's happened that day and, and how people have been remembering, shree,

hundreds and hundreds of people have gathered. he had at the presidential headquarters when the buddy offscreen was brought from the hospital to the compound over here where people have been laughing at to her. her colleagues palestinian president has called her a martyr of thrus, a martyr of free. we're the free word. people have called her the voice of palestine. she's someone who has reported on the story for years for more than 25 years. and so every house in palestine feels like they know they've lost someone that morning that in pain. because they feel like she was the messenger who was carrying their voice to the world. she was every week in hebron in janine actually when we were marking the 20th and adversity of these randy raids

to jeanene. earlier this month we went to should ins, videos in coverage of their rates on the janine refugee camp. and we take what we learned from her. she kept com compose during difficult circumstances. so she is an icon to many journalists. i remember studying in the university when students would be like, oh, i went to be the next city and i want to be the next you bought on with eddie. i want to be a journalist who's defending the rights of their people. despite the difficulties, she was a woman who was on the front lines. she empowered the other women to go out there to tell the stories to be on the front lines to speak to people. chill was trying to find that the human element to bring the story closer to the audience. it's not

about just one palestinian killed hero that it's about what they leave behind their dreams that have been shattered the families that they leave the future that they don't even think they have. and she was actually with us in janine ad refugee camp a few weeks ago. and a group of children surrounded us and were talking to us, of course, every one know city. and she was asking one of them. you know, what do wanna do when you grow up to and get married? that is like, no, no, no, i want to be killed defending my land. we were talking as journalists that this israeli occupation has left these young generations hopeless. they feel like they have no future of being free of statehood. they feel like the future is so bleak and that the only ways left is for to fight for their freedom even if it's cost or live. like should in last. need to remind us

a little bit about sharing life and bringing. i know she was palestinian, she's also an american citizen. so i guess i was reading that she would return to the us office summers, but that, that palestine was where she she wanted to be and where she felt she, she needed to be working. tell us a little bit more about her life. you know, can i just, when she passed away, i learned that she had an american citizenship. this is not something that i've heard. she went and covered once for us as a big from the us. all i know about her relationship with the with, i'm sorry, i don't know anymore, but she was someone who was here day and day out of covering the story since she was a little girl. and i remember or a young lady, let's say i remembered when i was at university people were saying proudly that,

oh we know shooting, we worked with her because we she worked in grade year before joining l just like, oh we know her bring it brings people so much tried to say that they've worked with her that, that they've known her so home been, even though she was very well known, you won't answer her household and not have them tell you that they know who shooting is when we go cover in that camp in refugee in the jeanie and refugee camp when we cool covered in so many places, sometimes so many, far away places that takes us through all throws and difficulties and chuck coins and we're being banned from coverage and you will get that and they'll tell you, oh, shit in was here before. oh, we remembered that one person and jenny and a few g m. he was a fight it in the battle of the camp in the year. 2002. and he kept telling us,

i remember there was an interview that city has made with me back then. can you try and look it up from the archive? can you see people remember like these details? they remembered who interviewed them. they remembered her because she was there, she made people feel that their stories match up. the question is now for these people, what does the world going to do? what are the international journalist going to do? to honor her legacy? that's the big question. all right, thank you for that. that's needed for him there for us in ramallah the presidential compound there. let's close out of a not to garza where we have, you know, sites who is there where a solidarity rally is taking place. you'll know what's happening there. oh yeah, we're here in the university. they're holding

a silly guaranteed protests for sharina. and i are showing their condolences. they're expressing their condolences doesn't bother new. they're here today to a holding sharina on pictures and posters and, and standing in or around good to show it to express their condolences. laurie did, there's in the dairy, oh, so many of the young and they've never met sharina. i wasn't able to come to the golf a, any palestinian living in the bank are here in the b. c. gosh, this trend, but these young palestinian knows, you mean, over the years they have grown up. they've always seem to read in the story and they're always walk ins. name is connected to their memories. someone who is

and they call her the night the night of the palestinians on that night during the live, then she represented me an article, honorable journalism, many of the people here today, i really want to focus on a 3 day old, a, just about a people expressing their about the use of a tenuous way today i want to talk about all the civilians here, the residence of the gods district. i sadness towards what happened with literally hasn't been

happening over the years to many palestinians, whether journalists, whether a there has not been a one time a fully action or no retaliation taken to. i'm going to be responsible for such crimes with many during a behind a during the list, who are more labeled by their helmets in killing any crime committed by these really forces a

read today. no, no, i'm not sure if there's been any reaction yet. you can tell us if hamas has, has said anything about this killing a plea yesterday was mainly about the whole initial reaction. the governmental office admitted i, i'll do the wrong be held in the morning in our to be wrong. they done to the killing luxury laughlin who was doing her job with serving. ringback justice at that time bringing out the jews to the people that being labeled clearly and being hm. and being under fire like that. they said this is a crime to be added to the long record of crime committed by these railey occupation. they said they asked for and as speed and transparent investigation,

they asked the national community to hold the people responsible. or are these really patient responsible for such a crime accountable for this crime and many other crime they knew? did she read for being an honorable journalist for so long over the years? i you know, on the side there for us in god. thank you. israel says it will investigations killing and suffered to do it in conjunction with palestinian officials and the tweets pillow executive committee member hussein of shake explained why they've declined. israel requested a joint investigation and asked for the bullet that assassinated sharina. we refused that we affirmed that our investigation would be completed independently and we will inform her family, the u. s. car and all official and popular forties of the results of the

investigation. all indications, evidence, and witnesses confirmed. she was assassinated by israeli special units and was ready. human rights organization has disputed these railey government. assessments of the circle surrounding serene other walkways. killing is ready, forces issued a video on wednesday saying it showed a palestinian gunmen firing bots with his slim has published analysis of the footage. and it says the location from where it was filmed doesn't match where sharon was shot. more witnesses have also denied israel's version of events. was lawn. but fudge oh, wendy journalist arrived here. they were surprised because you capacious forces were closing the street with the military vehicle, butler and, and they started shooting at the journals. sharina abdougla fell to the ground. also ali, also moody and other journalist was injured here, but he was in

a protected area. a man tried once again to retrieve the body of her. we were not weird then up that she had been killed. he tried to provide the 1st aid to her managed, so they started shooting at him, and the bullets hit a tree over his head in the guys here, we're not rolling stones, no shooting a thought. there was no form of resistance. hug. staffing decor is in west or islam with more on the investigation. the palestinians have done their investigation. they have the bullet evidence, and this is something that israel says it wants access to its offer. they offered a joint investigation which the palestinians are projected israel has conducted a preliminary investigation. we had the results of that last night where it said it had found that sharina was around 150 meters away from the israeli army. that these really special unit that was on the ground fired dozens of rounds. but it said that palestinian gunmen fired far more and indiscriminately. it said that had believed

the bullet came from m. 16 rifle, which is something that both sides have access to, which is why it says it wants access to the to the bullet co got which is the body that governs the occupied. west bank says that any investigation would have a member of the palestinian authority and an american president, but the palestinians, very clear on this saying no, they will not be handed over the bullet. there won't be a joint investigation. there's simply no trust when it comes to israel investigating something like this. there is no trust from the palestinians policies on the ground, certainly under no illusion as to who fired the shots that killed sharina . the us, as it will, rely on israel to investigate what happens that also demands transparency and for those responsible to be held to account our white house correspondent, kimberly health report. dozens of journalists in washington gathering near the offices of al jazeera on wednesday to mourn the loss of one of their own. she read

a black lay, a colleague, they loved for her friendship and admired for her work. oh no, what good leave at work that is respected at the highest levels of the u. s. 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 than it be on forensic 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

freedoms worldwide. people woke up to the killing of sharina about o'clock on the floor, palestinian american member of congress were she to, to leave called for a moment of silence. earlier she tweeted sharina, avalon clay was murdered by a government that receives unconditional funding by our country was 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 america last month at the white house correspondents association, dinner and evening, dedicated to honoring journalism u. s. president joe biden said the writes of journalists to do their job must be protected. the pre fresh is not the enemy, the people for permit at your best. your guardians, 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 abba clay, kimberly healthcare al jazeera, the white house. we just heard from palestinian american congresswoman rashid, its via the in kimberly's report. she told us the biden administration needs to use the influence. it has over israel's government to put it on the pressure. shaheen was not only a palestinian and very very well respected journalist, but she was also an american. 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 taxpayer dollars and funds to be used to killing american citizens? this to me is very much a, a threshold that we need to understand in the, by the michigan understand they can't look away and continue to say and allow the same people are pressing the same people committing those are to do the investigation is just wrong. and unjust, if anything, let's treat her what she is. she is a citizens of citizen of our country, even before she's a journalist, right? she's going to remember country and she was literally targeted in murder by really force it. now, folks want to say that they, that didn't happen then prove it, shows the evidence because witnesses on the ground need to be interviewed by our government. by those it again can be 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 or guardians of the truth. well,

this is our chance to give justice to shaheen. who fought to tell better. we need to tell her truth. 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 an apartheid government that we continue to fund with unconditional aid. so somebody count is here he is founding director of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies at doha institute. thank you for your time. let's start to start with your reaction to seeing those images to seeing the turn out the shit. number of people who turned out to pay their respects to sharina block i think is very fitting for assurance legacy. and as we've been saying on warning and everybody in the world, not just in palestine, although we've been following just 0 arabic channels for years and years and years, feel that sharon is a member of the family. she's entered every living,

living room. and she has been reporting nonstop on documentation on his consequences in the for the student surgeries. now it's, it's very sad and she will be usually missed. but at the same time, i think her death is a call for action and action that at many levels to start with as a civilian, this should have happened the underlying cause to all. this is the occupation. the question should be what's where there's really troops special forces doing in that area using life ammunition. and this is of course not a one off incident. this is a pattern that's been going on for many, many years. targeting a juniors is that additional layer to this and it has implications not only for policy and journalist who have been under pressure, known and documented for many years, but also for global journalism. without the ability to report on conflicts and

publish son and elsewhere, that youth will, will be missing. and a lot of injustice is being made. and it is now particular given what's going on in ukraine today. i reminded of the heroic work that job is to day and day out and they must feel the ability to operate in environments where they're not directly targeted. and also, i think it is a call for action by nations, and particularly those who have normalized with israel over the last year or so. israel made a huge diplomatic progress by normalizing with states like united that of emirates, bahrain sudan, and morocco. they've had peace agreements already with egypt and jordan, and it must have felt for them as if they're winning the street and they're turning

a page with states. and now i think this incident puts the arab states of normalized under the ad, the responsibility to react. and to stand by justice and really defend us and demands of very independent. and i would say must be international investigation of what went wrong. but how far can can true accountability goal because as you say, even if and israeli se soldier was, was prosecuted because, you know, witnesses have to have seen that it was israeli fire that, that killed her. but even if and israeli soldier was, was prosecuted, does that get to, as you say, the, the root cause of, of why sharing was in jeanine in the 1st place. you know, get to that address as you say, that the bigger picture? no, it doesn't, but it's one step towards accountability. i mean, the problem with the,

the way occupation is area code vision has done over the last few decades is that it has been very much above accountability above the low. there's one low for the rest of the world and one low for israel, what's going on in policy and to choose if it's happening anywhere in the world. there will have been a long time ago calls sorted to national protection for international intervention . the responsibility to protect with, i mean, provoke to by many, many nations as was the case in syria, in libya and yemen, you know, and this situation. but when it comes to israel, somehow, all those international norms put aside and started then talking logic of investigation following the sovereignty or election, respecting the sovereignty for israel investigating, according to the israeli know, and of course that is not going to get them anywhere to start with this incident happened outside the borders of israel. it's happened and occupied man legally. and

it should really be internationally looked into. and i hope the united states does use it's pressure to insist on this international independent investigation. how much pressure would the us do you think the willing to put on israel, given how close the 2 are? well, morally they, they have to act. i mean, is it united states regardless of what the world think? oh, for the american citizen also we shouldn't lose the fictitious american citizen to be honest, i think came as a surprise to a lot of people the same way. the fact that she is christian mean nobody ever question or one to door or needed to know what and what national tissue olds. but nevertheless, united states is a world leader. and more so after the events in ukraine, the game. they need to develop a moral standard applies to all, they cannot on one day, criticize russia for certain actions in ukraine. and then the next day turn

a blind out with israel doesnt post on. so they have an i just responsibility, i think at this stage and hopefully they will live up to it. palestine, public prosecution has said it will refer, sharing a wall close killing to the office of the prosecutor, of the international criminal court at the hague. yes. talk us through that process and what cost sort of accountability may come out of that that he does not usually look into individual cases. but there is already a case that has been applied last month led by the national association of journalism, with collaboration with us senior journalist, again against his for killing to other generous and also badly injuring another 2 guys on the west bank. so sure his case will just simply the easiest route is to simply add it to that portfolio of abuses and,

and deal with it as of pets. and it has to be the case has to be made against is that it, there is a feeling of community and the way it operates militarily and occupied territories . and that is unacceptable. they, aside from the, the fact that they're occupying the slums, the national demands is rather as an occupier to protect the people the occupy. they have responsibility to protect. they should have, they're supposed to be to feed the children. do also things over the years that should the way a lot of those responsibilities and it has become a real issue that long ago should have been looked into by the international community. or i thank you very much for your analysis will be speaking to again, i'm sure. so i'll talk about a car there. thank you very much. the un human rights also says it is appalled by sharina killing and that impunity must ent,

kristen salome has more now on the reaction from un headquarters in new york. he mac, the usa condemnations and calls for an investigation or to the death of al jazeera, serene ob lockley, came quickly at the united nations from top un officials as well as member nations . and the lead of arab states that we look at this as a one further step of the escalation situation, that is happening by the israeli authorities and that started during the month of ramadan. so this is not only an a deck when a person, oh, we're the but a senior or not, but it is not dec under freedom of the press and the freedom of her 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 our last 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, of 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. then 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 ms.