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ah, this is out. is there a vizier top stories? the body of al jazeera, jealous, serene aback lace now at a hospital. morgan okey potties jerusalem. a funeral for the 51. you all shot dead by sally forces will take place on friday. earlier palestinian president mahmoud abbas that he would seek justice for her death at the international criminal court . he paid tribute to serene about glad estates service held in her own. will hum middle the authorities of the ease really occupation are to be blamed for killing shauryn. this crime will never be able to stop free speech. such a crime will definitely be punished. the perpetrators will be punished. you refused any joint investigation committee with israel, your authorities, cause they have committed such a crime. you don't trust them. and we'll go immediately to the international

criminal court in order to find the perpetrators and criminals and israeli human rights group as disputing what the government says about the shooting of serene. so a force as issued a video saying it showed a palestinian opening. fire bet slam says it doesn't match with the location of where serene was shot. cat o's, amir says, those responsible for the death of serene aback. les must be held accountable shape to me. and been hammered out, harney says her mother by occupation forces was a crime. meanwhile, israel has approved the building of thousands of homes for settlers in the occupied west. bank wise groups say up to 4 and a half 1000 homes are plant. the u. s. as its strongly opposes new construction and finan looks that to apply for nato membership after the prime minister and president said, it must happen without delay. helen, shes 1300 kilometer border with russia. the gum and says cremins unpredictable behavior is a pressing issue. then he's continues here now does air out inside story.

ah, is israel a rogue state? its army has killed al jazeera generates shooting a block left in cold blood. and this is not the 1st time will is well get away with its cries and who can hold it to the account. this is inside story. ah, ah.

hello and welcome to the program. i'm hashem, abala sheen, a block i was a household name across the middle east. the veteran al jazeera janice and widespread praise for more than 2 decades of reporting on israel's occupation of policy and territory, telling stories of war atrocities and palestinian resistance. she was shot in the had, as she covered israel's latest bade, on the jenin refugee camp in the occupied west bank. as is the icon down the killing as a blatant murder. intended to prevent journalists from conducting that duty cut us emir called on those who assassinated, serene, to be brought to justice, shall she al, takes a look at what we know about the killing of shooting. oh, don't shoot the messenger unless you're in his 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 sharing, 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 helmets, both of which clearly identified her as a member of the press. despite this or maybe because of it, sure it was shot and killed. or we were going to filmed is really army operation. and suddenly they shot us without asking us to leave or stop filming the 1st bullet hit me. and the 2nd bullet had sharin. they killed her in cold blood because they are killers and specialize and killing only palestinian people. we had no

resistance and there was no palestinian resistance at all at the scene. the journalist moody 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 do these 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 born to rebel. while journalists divided by it was assorted by israeli forces, whilst reporting on israel's ethnic cleansing of our president in occupied east

jerusalem street. the rough neighborhood, israeli authorities say they've launched an investigation of human rights group, say they have little faith in israeli justice, particularly with renowned organizations like human rights watch. and i'm going to see international accusing israel of implementing a system of apartheid that high off and human rights organizations, for example, like bit settling and israeli human rights. so can i issue. and that decided the long time ago that there are no longer going to even interact with the complaint system within. there's really out of me because it is not serious. it doesn't find israeli soldiers guilty. i thought is foreign ministry whose country hosts the al jazeera network, issued a statement, is rainy, occupation killed, l g. is there a journalist sharina blacklist by shooting her in the face while wearing the press fest and a helmet?

she was covering their attack in janine refugee camp. this state sponsored israeli terrorism must stalled and unconditional support to israel must end. the european union and other members of the international community have also condemned the killing. 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 who am i lecture young? i just hero the kidney, go sit in a walk la triggered international condemnation. the un special envoy for the middle east peace process demanded an immediate and thorough investigation. the u. s.

ambassador to israel also twittered a call for a firewall probe into the circumstances of her death. israel has proposed a joint inquiry by the policy and foreign minister said it does not trust investigation by an occupying state, adding, they don't not lead to a place other than acquitting criminals and murderers. last month, international and policy and media groups submitted a former complaint to the international criminal court, accusing israel of war crimes against journalists. the committee to protect journalist says 24 journalists have been killed since 2002. that figure does not include chilling a barclay other press freedom. advocates have reported higher numbers. israel systematically target journalists from media outlets including al jazeera, several on board, a humanitarian flotilla, heading to garza, were detained in 2010 a year ago this week. and is rarely asked rag,

destroyed the officers of al jazeera and the associated press in gaza. and a month later israeli soldiers arrested as ja janice, give our lab ideally, as she covered protests in the occupied is jerusalem. ah, let's bring in our guests in west jerusalem. her guy led is executive director of these where the information center for human rights in the occupied territories in doha iesha, ill bosley researcher, the alice center for research and policy studies in cambridge. i'm horrid, professor of journalism at american university of bay road and senior fellow of the harvard kennedy school. welcome to the program. ah gate. how would you characterize is the position of this? why the government so far? because when you listen to been against the defense minister, he seems to be implying that this could have the fire that targeted as city level alcala could have come from these wireless side. you have the prime minister,

natalie, but it's saying that the same time, no, we should blame the palestinian fighters for this. i mean, do they want to be very quickly from their initial efforts to deflect by suggesting in numerous ways from a prime minister down the audio source 1st. so another government ministers to foreign minister who has also been down to a prime minister on very quickly suggesting and based on assurance video. clerk got it, was been a student gunfire and it killed the issue in the walk land injured in her college. and then one star was thoroughly debunked to in a few hours. it also asked to work of the time itself and they've shifted into what is to go a very routine which is offering an investigation. and graphs and experience very clearly demonstrates that and the cases of such kennings of an athenians, the announcement of israel's desire or intention to investigate does not lead to

accountability. it's just the beginnings of the beginning of the states organized white marsh. i showed me the that these riley government is quoting for a joint investigation. the policy authority says it does not trust a joint investigation with us. this leave the case of shedding ab laughlin when it starts with this question. do we really need an investigation? any justification for when these guys are from what we saw from what we heard, ah, via the media professional unions who were there just next to she lee and who are also victims of the same attack. they saw the different ranges that i with. i think they're witnessing with targeting of shaheen and her colleagues is quite enough to establish this crime. i agree

with just has been said a b, b investigation is an old trick. it's a strategy to ah, matters to our office a to buy time. and so b b outreach and potentially if you and barry is going to be another case or story killed. so i, i think that i've been enough evidence that i would, this is a very incredible analyst, my things bad out of the since i'm not trustworthy. so we would, this is a bit of an attack that they saw. the best rate is that would be a discrimination, a rami, the, the, the, the policy and president man or die bass said that the authority is going to take the case of the i. c, c, international criminal court. do you see the case taking that path any, any in any time soon? oh, it's likely that the i t c will be asked to open investigation,

a preliminary investigation, reporters with our borders and amnesty international have already then tried to use the international criminal court to investigate the israeli of destruction of an entire army law offices last year. and gather that had the associated press and j 0, another journalist. so that likelihood of any serious action by the i c, c is slim, but the palestinians are now using every opportunity available to them and non violently and legally, to mobilize public opinion, to lean on the rule of law to hold zionism and israel accountable for their actions and i think we will see more cause of this kind a but probably very little independent investigation is likely to happen. but i don't think much investigation is needed if you looked at the washington post story

this morning for free. terrific reporters on the ground who went there and spent hours investigating every angle, every israeli claim, every palestinian claim. and they showed the evidence is pretty clear how guy you spoke of. what happened with these rally government posted the video is showing about seeing fighters trying to create its own narrative by suggesting that these could that be the people who have killed shinelle haughty except that when he stepped in as bit sailing. and he said this is absolutely no way that this could have come from those areas. now, when you look at that position by these railey government, right after the beginning of the international outcry against the assassination of should in a block lead, do you see the potential for an independent imposter investigation by these rarely government that would provide the crucial elements of exactly what happened and the circumstances of the kid english in a barclay. and we have experience of unfortunately of many years of work

of the ability to analyze and really understand what is really investigation system is really about. it's not man's through style accountability. it is managed to prepare to pray for traitors while pushing against the jurisdiction of international justice a while suggesting that there is domestic recourse while in fact, there isn't. so there's a reason why he hasn't invests all these efforts. endotomic solutions on what it looks like an investigation there so that there won't be international jurisdiction . one of the same time succeeding in providing yourself with blanket impunity. and i think from israel's perspective, looking back at the record from numerous cases of killings of the syrians and the west, merican is jerusalem in a major millions. your ations can scarf uses oceans snipers against them. stem demonstrates returned the great march of return. and so many other examples eventually is, are managed to get away with both to maintain this reality of committee,

more crimes and enjoying community. and at the same time, so preserving, standing in the world as you know, a democratic nation member. there was some club with countries in san with no consequences, and that's really what is a certain show what must change if we are into eventually, it gets closer to some sort of justice here. i shall, when you see the string of international contamination and statements coming out right after the assassination of city now blocked the e as in gun independent investigation, the united nations human rights chief, michelle boston. i think that is about time for and, and to impunity in israel. but do you see realistically at sons for a change of behavior in israel as far as the atrocities committed against journalists august 18th, we have been here since yesterday. ah,

they've been actually playing a dance of israel because they've been also playing the same game of casting doubt about the testimony of the media professional and the students who were there. and so i think, i think what i, what should be on the data right now is the big picture while she was killed. i was targeted one 1st of all because she was jeremy says she was chasing and the stories about the crime and exposing but also because she was an hour that has timmy ah, who is i like most of the targeting is doing. this is the right to exist, is the mind by israel. and she was a, she's saying the story of upper time israel. i think the big picture right now is what happened? ah, in that come, why she was there. she was there because, but his since engine in come,

they're leaving and to enter the upper time israel. and that is the story. i love the international so called international community deals way with issue. and i think that would be change plus the, the, the big old sit step that has been taken by the u. n. was actually the report by the europe hotel, escrow for tour, micah link on on 22nd march share 2022 who exposed for the 1st time. facts that have being documented by the citizens by bitterly or urban zation by who right sir. wharton and am a senior international, so he confirm that these are not retired in a system in israel, and that has to be dismantled unless the nation community deals with this issue. i don't think there will be a change, or i'm if there have been many manner report over the last few years by independent

media organizations in, in the occupied territories. talk him and document in the cases of abuse and killing of journalist for many years in those areas. we haven't seen an international outcry, cuz the case of should in a barclay be the moment there would bring together a new awareness above the need to put an end to targeting of journalists. i doubt it will go that far, but what it will do is add one more element in a growing crescendo of international concern, mobilization, action, political pressure, public statements, media coverage, organizing and labor groups and universities all over the world. very, very slow trend. and the last 1015 years and especially in the last year since last

may, june and, and drew fleming other places around palestine. we've seen a significant but slow trend and which governments tissue statements, but they don't take action. and now we're seeing more and more actual videos is the main way that this is happening. but there's also a lot of cases in the united states, parliamentary decisions in europe, labor union banks, supermarkets in europe, places all saying we will not be complicit. and israel's apartheid colonial system in the occupied palestinian territory. and treatment of our spinning is surely ends . us as a nation will add one more push to this and it'll bring journalists more actively into the specialist. and she was a do citizen, american and palestinian. but the most critical point i think, to, to grasp is how this is being trained by our citizens as part of a 100 year struggle that this has been doing. 1 since the 1920s, and janine was

a center of oust indian resistance to early zionism and the 1930 s and has been ever since, as has gas. and the israelis were sending the army to one of the strongest armies in the world into this world, most the little streets and the refugee camp with massive firepower, intelligence satellite. you can think of, and they still can't quell it. they cannot stop the resistance. and janine and that's why they were there, and that's where sharon was there and that's why she was shot. so this is a bigger story on the context, has to be appreciated as an ongoing resistance war by alice indians, mostly peaceful against the colonial zionist israeli. moved since the 19 tins. 1915. 1917. the balance is still in israel's favor politically globally, but it is slowly, slowly moving towards ok. even handle position. this is important. i would like

here view about about, i guess back to who would be talking about now bit selim, the organization that you work full has been doing an extraordinary work over the last few years in documenting human rights violations in these really occupied territories. now, these really government has been really angered by some of your a report to the point way has been trying to produce new reports, power reports to discredit your narrative. at the same time, to give you an idea, an example. 2019, the united nations human rights council commission is report about it found that there are indications on the ground that is rarely snipers have been targeting a palestinian jonas who are trying to cover what was happening on the ground. these ready government rejected. the finding saying that these are tang girl court reports the the way these railey government has been dealing with your report or

with their reports from the international community. what kind of message to the people? yes, maybe if you allow me just before i address to add one more thing about the critical, the unity is for israel suppression of unions. and what i want to spell out is the following. it's impossible to conduct such an oppressive regime against your entire people over decades without the usage of organized states all the time to take their allowance to control them, to oppress them. and so violence is an essential aspect of ability to do this to people. but it has to come, having hadn't really impunity because it is rather than grabbing the kennedys. and it doesn't have the ability to apply this kind of violence and successfully control statements. so this is teja cornerstone regime. it has to be understood as

a feature of the system. now with regard to the way the governor to address records and the reports of you know, other human rights ministration of a state of innovation. and so it's very difficult, a response that doesn't address the substance because they really can't argue with, with the fact and with the analysis to try and shoot the message you're trying to, you know, present out, says traitors or indicate colleagues differently. the governments will try to present them as terrorists, and with regard to international entities, usually will use accumulation of some of the. okay. so it was by just former prime minister as both of terrorism. and as i said, i should briefly, if you don't mind, could it be this prevailing sentiment in particularly in the west that you know,

you know, what? because these, this is a part of the well, where you have dictators where you have in validity or so on. and so forth, of violence and radical groups. you know, what? who cares about the fate of the journalist when they die? because you don't get the same response when it comes to a similar case when a western journalist is talk her is targeted or is killed? well, i think the, the main reason is because is a israel is actually the product, the by products of a western color. and you are sadly resent this is, there may be basically, so this is, whatever is really doing is the result of the other creation which you are unfortunately contributed to are through the partition or resolution. and they're all over the back of the action and lack of action in undertook so that they're both musically b a, b, r. the reason why they are,

they don't want to watch. oh, is there to account for you and has a measurable to play? i would see 1st that it has to follow up on the and my killing reports on the upper tried israel and the need for a clean 2nd. these are a un security council resolution 2334 that was adopted in 2016, which goes on and in the activation and also an indian eagles settlement that also has to need a follow up by the honest trying to settle aside these also at the i c c i c c. we haven't heard can him high. now he was very hard to, to, to take a 1st her, her claim to where to ukraine and as typing justification. and we haven't heard from you on when it comes to palestine in thank you. i'm here he is. so these are the 3 major decision makers that need to do right in

order to dismantle the other. thank you very much. indeed, this is exactly what should in a block and said when she was last interviewed, i 1st went into unique refugee camp 20 years ago. before that i had to overcome my fear. i chose to become a journalist because i wanted to be close to people. i shall bassetti and i me a haughty, a guy, a leather, really appreciate your insight. thank you. and thank you for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website, al jazeera dot com for further discussion. go to our facebook page that facebook dot com forward slash ha inside story. you can also join the conversation on twitter. i'll hand it is at a jane size lot for me, hash and, and the entire team here in doha. i for now.

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