[000:00:00;00] ah, knowledge is here. with every a is waiting for see these help morning. during the funeral of al jazeera john, this mean acne causing her coffee almost all to the ground. ah, i'm carry, jones, this is alex. is there a life without on going extensive coverage of the killing of sharing? i've actually a wizard,

disturbing footage and from the funeral procession procession today in jerusalem, we regret the intrusion to what should have been a peaceful procession. whitehouse expresses regret because short of condemning the attack on this during trimmings. funeral terrain was later laid to rest at mount zion and occupied east jerusalem. 2 days after she was shot dead by israeli forces and an icon of the arab speaking world. we look back at she reads, remarkable career, and the legacy she leaves behind. ah, we begin with a special tribute to our murdered colleague, assuring acclaim. she's been laid to rest of the cemetery and occupied east jerusalem. what her funeral procession was disrupted when israeli forces attacked mourners carrying her casket,

prompting widespread condemnation. sharon was shot in the head by is ready forces on wednesday morning, while on assignment in janine and occupied westbank for simply doing her job. stephanie deca begins are coverage from occupied east jerusalem. oh, thousands came to say their goodbyes. many her feeling the new serene. personally. that's how much you connected with her audience. telling the story of her people and now becoming the story i. 2 a people know that what he's doing is a good time and they get help with the occupation. she long reported on a just as the coffin started its final journey to the church.

o. mourners were pushed and beaten by his ready forces is a storm. the hospital square, the pool berries retreating, her coffin nearly footing to the ground. ah! for to police in riot gear. on horseback, baffling scenes. at least one man pulled out of the hearse. is really forces also removing the palestinian flag there. i knew they were not going to let this day go by peacefully. i was on the frontline when we were trying to exit the hospital while they were carrying her casket. and true they were, they just stormed and they were beating up everyone. it was very frightening to the owner who is also tension when sharina body arrived outside the church in the

christian quarter of the old city crowds filling the small streets. this ancient city. oh oh oh. but once the coffin made it inside, granted more peace shooting the bodily broke the message of over the fullest in our suffering dog brigitte of life not to be assassinated, but to be nurtured. c c i blackly was shot dead in the occupied west bank along an assignment in the jeanine refugee camp for funeral procession was joined by thousands of palestinians, a show of the widespread affection and admiration she had earned through her years of reporting on their lights. la lou, trina black, who was buried next to her parents at the mount zion cemetery. both her parents died in the early stages of her career and never knew how loved and respected she

become. the crowds have gone, the family has gone. sheralyn's grave has now been sealed, but even after her death she continued to tell the palace d in story. stephanie decker, i'll just 0 in occupied east jerusalem. i'll just have the media network reacted to israeli forces, attacking mourners and obstructing screens. funeral procession saying it violates all norms and international laws. in network also said that it holds the israeli government fully responsible for the safety and security of all the mourners and sharing family. also said the violence will not deter it from the 4th. the truth to factual, accurate and objective coverage, white house press secretary gentle saki said that she was disturbed after seeing pictures of the violent attack on sharina funeral procession. i would say 1st that we have all seen are those images, they're obviously deeply disturbing. we. this is a day where we should all be marking, including everyone there,

the memory of remarkable journalist who lost her life on. we know that there is we with the disturbing footage and from the funeral procession procession. today in jerusalem, we regret the intrusion to what should have been a peaceful procession. we've earned respect for the funeral procession. the mourners and the family at the sensitive time were also in close touch with israeli and palestinian authorities. husband and obviously will continue to be especially given the images we've seen today. we're not currently involved in any the investigation, but we are working to bridge cooperation and available to provide assistance was needed. let's go live now to practical haine who's in washington d. c. and patsy, a somewhat muted reaction from the white house, then incredibly muted. and i think you could tell from the questions in the briefing room, that even some of the reporters who are used to the u. s. officials really taking a very,

a nuanced approach when it comes to talking about israel. surprised at that. i mean, let's think about that. she said it was deeply disturbing that they should be remembering the life of a remarkable journalist who lost her life not who was shot in the head where there were no protests near by while wearing her press jacket. let's not forget, this is administration that says it prides itself on freedom of the press for protecting the press. let's not forget, shreed abu aka aqua clay was an american citizen. she, they went on to ask, do you condemn these this attack? and she said, i'm just pretty much going to leave it where it stands. so a very muted response. what we've seen is them call for an investigation. are they going to put pressure on israel to conduct that invent an investigation? they haven't in the past? so i guess we'll have to wait and see on, given that an incredibly muted response, as you say, was the full out from this locker to be going forward. well, i think you can be a, have a bit of a disconnect if you don't live here in the united states. if you're just looking at twitter. i mean,

obviously my feet is filled with all these different images of this brutal attack. unprecedented unheard of attack on mourners carrying a casket. but if you watch american media, you probably haven't seen it very much, maybe once or twice. if you think about how big the story should be in american journalist, killed in the while doing her job. clearly having press margaret on her body armor sh american journalist killed. that should be a big headline. what happened at a funeral should be a much bigger story, but we're not really seen it on cable news. we'll have to look and see if it's errors tonight. at all, on the big broadcasts, the evening news casts, but also the way it's being framed in the media is likely to for look at how it's going to be seen in the future. western media tends to describe it one, wrote israel palestinian clashes bird violence breaks out of the funeral. obviously, if you're watching that video that's not clashes,

it's is really police attacking the borders. there is no evidence that they were being harmed in any way. these really police, but the way it's being framed to western media is that these for clashes and they sort of equate as, as, as one was fighting back the other was fighting as well. of course, that's not at all what's happened, but that's also very power for the courts when it comes to this issue in american media. a good practical home for now. thank you. well, an initial report spot is really military says it's difficult to determine the exact source of gone fi which killed shipping, but it's not ruling out faults by israeli soldiers, according to israeli media, the military says it's inquiry is looking at 2 scenarios. one that should mean was hit by palestinians, but it's towards israeli military vehicles. the 2nd that is really soldier returning inadvertently hit witnesses. the student health ministry se shooing was

hit by is really done when it says bring in, the am syce, he's a law professor at queens university, joins us via zoom from all to a canada. thanks for being with us here today. first of all, your reaction, today's extraordinary events. really, it's astounding to watch 1st of all, to have knowledge of the fact that a journalist doing her job covering events, unoccupied palestine for the past 2 decades was gone down simply for that purpose. to stop her from reporting on the matter. that's one thing. it's quite another to see to respond to the occupying power. it's police, it's authorities in occupied jerusalem to do what they did during the funeral procession violently. b civilians, pall bearers who are simply just trying to bring the body of the deceased killed reporter,

her final resting place. i. i was struck done by by it all. and as i'm sure many of your viewers were, we saw israeli soldiers trying to pull flags off the cortez. what do you make of that? yeah, i mean, look, i'm served with the united nations in occupied palestine and lives in truce for over a decade. i'm very familiar with the area, look as an occupied territory, the occupying power. israel is not sovereign territory, cannot as a matter of international law be sovereign. and therefore, it goes out of its way to stop at nothing really, to ensure that any expression of palestinian nationalism national symbols including the flag are not present. certainly not in events that might emerge as this seemed to have been to be a demonstration. in addition to the funeral of palestinian national for as an

occupied territory be occupied palestinian territory to use the un terminology. the only people that are sovereign in that territory or at least have a right to sovereignty and territory are themselves the palestinian people. and therefore, israel will do nothing, will stop at nothing rather, to ensure that that doesn't happen. they have their own claim to the territory. a claim that bears that hasn't no basis in international law. and notwithstanding that the depravity which they'll go was on full a display for the international community. and today's events, yes, you talk about territory that, to what extent would you say that what, how the students are calling for in terms of sovereignty is actually just the upholding of existing international law. well, you're absolutely correct there. i can disagree with that. since 967, the united nations has been very clear that the occupied palestinian territory is

occupied that the palestinian people are a durable people with a right to self determination. that is a right to stated in that territory the state of palestine. in fact, your ridicule does exist today, there is 139 states that recognize it, there's only 193 member states of the united nation. so 70 percent of all countries in the world recognize the state of palestine that its capital is in east jerusalem . and israel is the only one that is impeding the exercise by the power mean people of the right to self determination in that territory. international communities also made it very clear that israel has to quit the territory studies in the occupation. the occupation is itself illegal. it's an international wrongful act, and israel's obligated ended forthwith and unconditionally, particularly because as many different international organizations now are, are making note of amnesty international human rights watch even israel's own

leading human rights organizations. the regime that israel has imposed on the house me and people over the past 55 years in the occupied palestinian territory is one of apartheid. so the situation is bad. it's getting worse. but make no bones about it. the palestinian people are the only ones who have a right to self determination in the occupied palestinian territory as a matter of public international law. how can it be acceptable that in the circumstances israel essentially investigates itself over what happened, doesn't need to be an independent outside body of some kind overseeing, all this look at the statement of general international law. it isn't out of the ordinary for an occupying power to investigate itself. this would have been the case in any occupation. the problem, of course, that that gives rise to is the matter independence. and so the real question to ask is whether or not there is a track record of independence and impartiality on the part of israel and is really

investigation when it comes to violations and crimes committed against the past. me and people and they are the historical record is very clear. so if you were to look say in the united nations commission of inquiry on gather in 2019, they reported. ready and coatings to date the government of israel has consistently failed to meaningfully investigate and prosecute commanders and soldiers for crimes and violations committed against palestinians, or to provide reparation for victims in accordance with international norms and quote. and to what this means is, where would justice come from? well, in this case, because these really are either unwilling or unable to, to, to investigate and hold persons responsible for these are their own responsible. it must turn to the international community. and thankfully, the office of the prosecutor of the international criminal court is now seized of the matter is an investigation that's been open for a little while now. it takes time to do these investigations. but from what i

understand, information of what happened with, which means killing and other similar killings. i understand he's been over 40, maybe 42 journalists that have been killed palestinian journalists that have been killed since 2000 by the occupying power. all of that information is with the office of the prosecutor at the international criminal court. and time only tell as to what is done with this information and whether justice will finally be done for those victims. ok, and faith law professor at queens university. thank you for your insights today. thank you. let's take a look back now. the extraordinary life of all friends and colleague and the legacy . she needs this a state like funeral for a journalist who dedicated her life to the struggle for freedom i. trina barkley was killed by israeli soldiers on wednesday,

but the veteran journalists legacy will live on the while she was alive. she was an icon in the arb speaking world and by murdering her israel has now insure it. her name has transcended even its own militarized checkpoints and borders reaching people the world over. ok, we were standing here. what i know was born in 1971. she really grew up under the harsh reality of an illegal occupation that continues to strip millions of palestinians from their most basic rights in which was her quest for freedom. that drove her to eventually pursue a career in journalism. korean had initially studied civil engineering as per her parents wishes. but her determination to seek the truth to manifest her freedom through journalism and to speak truth to power was too strong. she switched careers and eventually graduated with

a degree in print journalism from the university and neighboring jordan. she began her professional career working for the united nations refugee agency on her way before moving on to the voice of palestine. and then frances monte carlo radio station knows that it is that idea as a relatively unknown 26 year old sharina joined al jazeera shortly after the channel launched at the military and have offered him what i did. i said he was she seen in this clip with jerusalem bureau chief a little on monday at the introduces her to the audience both unaware of the impact she would go on to have both in life and jala had this. trina barkley quickly became a household name through her coverage of the 2nd intifada. and the crimes committed by the israeli occupation during its invasion of romanella and surrounding cities in the early 2, thousands speaking calmly yet confidently. her distinctive voice relate stories from the refugee comes in eagle checkpoints, and even from inside israel's prisms,

the more she reported the more israeli forces and subtler tried to silence her. but she never lost her composure, nor her determination beyond palestine should he and also reported from cairo, london, new york, and other cities around the world. she wasn't just a mentor to young girls and boys who watched her on their screens. the veteran reporter also took journalism at b. c at university, empowering you through education, and providing young people living under a brutal occupation with some hope that their voices will one day be heard should in dedicated her life to giving a voice to the voiceless. her silenced voice must now be amplified by press freedom advocates to bring her killers to justice. ah, her body may be buried, but surely in a barclay's name shall live on children of all kinds of alpha and left i'll

0 is that some he said on that went to the al jazeera viewer in ramada where all of shootings, colleagues were with her family this is one of those moments in history. when you see a symbol become a legend, sharina barclay, a symbol of international price freedom. but also being merged into a legend in the narrative of palestinian search for their national freedom. let me get the camera my head around. we're trying to explain what i mean visually. that's the building should in used to work out of you can see her picture is up. there are a black black flags on that building morling her death. now files are camera man to pan over toward a screen left for you. you can see here in the main square in ramallah, not only sharon's picture but below it. we've got black flags down there, marking the 1948 knack or catastrophe which palestinian sea is the date in which they, they lost their statehood. the black flags today are merging together. and it's for

people here, they're seeing her killing as the latest in a series of sacrifices in their search for their national freedoms as well. we've been talking to people who have been watching the funeral procession very closely in shops in tv screens in their homes. and they say, well, we're not surprised, we've come to expect almost anything off for years of occupation, but they are disgusted and they're hurt. as one man told us, even in her death they won't let leave her alone. now, israeli officials of course say they were forced to intervene to keep public order . that's i can tell you that's not the way people here see it at all. one of those banners down there says stop the double standards. that's a theme you hear a lot from people when you talk to them. they say like ukrainians, we want our freedom like ukrainians. we want to resist a life under occupation. we don't want that life. but why is there a double standard in how,

what some of the world looks at our fight against occupational, our search for freedom. the murder of assuring, i will actually is the latest and a long history of killings of civilians in the occupied territories. and honest international report earlier this year showed successive israeli governments have treated palestinians as a demographic threat. same bizarre be has more. oh, when tracing crimes, israel's military has committed against palestinians. it can be difficult to know where to begin. o, a timeline of subjugation that began in 1948 the atrocities numerous, the suffering on go home. demolitions and forced displacement have become routine. endless checkpoints to restrict and control movement were palestinians routinely experienced abuse and humiliation. ah

dehumanization that pales in comparison only to the massacres perpetrated time after time. ah, palestinian american journalist sharina blacklist targeted truly is only the latest in a long history of civilian death at the hands of israeli occupiers. shitty and a barclays blood is just as much on the hands of the united states and the european union and great britain. and others, canada as well, who stand in the way of accountability and arm and support the israeli occupation that murdered city in a ball clear as mud as palestinians. almost daily, i sat at the number of palestinian civilians caught in israeli

crosshairs seems endless. but some cases stand out in september of 2012 year old mohammed altura was shot and killed and gaza. video of his father jamal trying to shield his son from israeli bullet. became one of the most powerful images of the 2nd intifada. in 2017 and israeli sniper shot and killed ibrahim, obliterated during protest against the u. s. moved to name jerusalem as israel's capital. the wheelchair bound activists lost both his legs in an israeli air rate in 2008 in 2018 israeli forces killed palestinian nurse rose on, on the jar as she tried to help a wounded protester. she became one of the more than 100 people killed during demonstrations against the grinding israeli blockade of gaza. successive generations of palestinian leaders have turned to the international community for

help. but decades of appeals have not slowed the pace of israeli abuses. what does your message going to be to israel? what is the united states message to israel regarding the situation and resume our message? and the ambassador gave that mash message very strongly to everyone, is that this has to be investigated. i'd has to be investigated transparently, and we're encouraging both sides to participate in that investigation so that we can get down to the as to why this happened our highest priority as the protection of american citizens and the protection of journalists. it is so important that journalists be allowed to do their jobs without fear. and so our message again is less get to the bottom of this lesson. sure, this never happens again. huh. despite the public rhetoric, the u. s. government, israel's main ally continues to send billions of dollars and military aid to israel, emboldening what rights groups described as an apartheid state with devastating

consequences for generations of palestinians. zane basra v o $20.00 al jazeera is a senior political analyst at my on the shower, says that there is an israeli assassination unit, which has targeted palestinians for decades. for many of us, it is not just the question of who pulled the trigger. it's not even the question of what the trigger is. the caution will give the orders for those specialized forces in assassination. thus, to run this special israeli military unit like sampson, they are specialized in assassination. they have acted in the dark for the past 40 years. 35 years since 1987, they are form to carry these sort of operations against palestinians are seen inactive, especially in demonstrators and clearly or storm floors for that matter. and clearly it was in this particular context in jeanine,

where sharon was killed was assassinated by one of those assassination units. so it's those who are devising that the colonial policy goes into defense minister who are giving the orders to those young soldiers. you know, maybe this is because some of us are getting old, but i tell you, i looked at some of these soldiers. it looks like they were not born back then in 2002, when jeanine was then attack occupied, invaded and dozens of better sinews were killed in that invasion of the refugee camp. and here you have a new generation of israeli soldiers carrying the same atrocities, carrying the same assassinations in this vicious cycle of violence that will not end without their leaders, their government taking a different course than the one they are doing. now. the al jazeera family around the world is in morning, as we pay tributes to our friend and colleague sharon's work has strengthened our results. do our job and hold power to account the impunity that many governments

around the world, including israel's demonstrates must and it should not come at the cost or the expense of john at his life. more needs to be done to protect journalists. journalism is not a crime showing stances hate is hard at al jazeera, she become part of the dna of this network. but it also highlights wider issues in the continuous targeting of civilians, by the israeli military, and the impunity for crimes against journalists worldwide. journalism is not a crime. we work in conflict across the well to bring you the fact the dangers of working in these environments. hi. and we are aware of the risks of the deliberate talk to the journalist, the crime. and we shouldn't have to be mourning the deaths of i'm calling according to the un on average one journalist is killed every 5 days. honor serene work,

just stop murder with impunity. it only leads to fear self censorship and deprives us all of our right to know. we will not be the time that we will hold those that order the killing that pulled the trigger to account. this is our job and as journal and an attack on a journalist is an attack on all of it, because it's an attack on everyone's right to know. everyone's right to be informed . it is not the 1st time journalist has been dougherty advisors really voted and i've gotten across bargain, don richard to the valid indian digit ag don't amount to a walk right killing. this will not file a world without a free press is a dangerous one. in the name of truth, please allow journalists everywhere to do that job. serene, inspired so many people. i took commitment to journalism and sharing the truth with the world. will not the gossip?

shaheen was shot dead for doing her job. we demand the perpetrators be held accountable because journalism is not a crime. her voice was silenced, but we will continue reporting her truth insurance name. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. israeli forces have beaten mourners. hind the body of a student, journalist, sheen, ark. their people struggle to hold on to her coffin and nearly fell to the ground. united nations as condemned. the israeli forces attack on sri and i will, eclipse funeral procession sang more information was needed on what happened and why? well we, we've just seen the, the video coming from this and it's,