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ross, this installation gives you a slice of what's on the minds of more varied types of artists in new york. then you could possibly get anywhere else. i almost saw it as a metaphor for the way that i was feeling post panoramic or during the pandemic. and for many of the artist corona virus loc downs, weighed heavily matthew tom soft sculpture is derived from a painting he saw at the met years ago. i work in the communications department at the metropolitan museum of our pam, you know, are responsible for telling the stories of other great artists of our time. i'm so to people tell a story of ourselves and of my peers. it's really been fantastic. working a mid ancient artifacts has been an inspiration for supervising technicians, sat the seamless if you're an artist, as like having a big encyclopedia, you know, i could go look on my lunch break and get what i want from the collection for this . especially i think i took some pictures while i was working on in one of the galleries and we have
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a few tigers and sphinx because i work in the education department. the exhibit is a sign of appreciation for the med employees and a fresh approach to art from an age old institution. kristin salumi al jazeera new york. ah la again, i'm fully back table. with the headlines on al jazeera, at least 2 people have been killed in afghanistan's capital after an explosion at a seek temple. dozens were trapped in the complex in cobble where gunfire and grenades were used. is really as trike so struck several locations in garza, the army says it targeted white calls military sites. the strikes come after israel says it shot down a projectile fired from the gaza strip towards the southern city of osh can on you've not side as more from gaza. several air strikes have been, ah,
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targeting different military post sir in the gaza strip, in different areas, mainly in the central of the gaza strip and in the north of the gaza strip at the rate this time we're the most intense in the past few months. these really arm you said the d 's arrays have come here response to a missile that was lashed from the gaza strip towards ash cologne, a very late a last night. and these early raids that happened early this morning, where in retaliation of that missile police in brazil say human remains found in the amazon rain force of those of missing british and this dom phillips. they have yet to identify other remained sought to belong to indigenous expert boon of herrera, who was travelling with phillips democratic republic of congo has limited border crossings with wanda after hungary soldier was killed. he was shot dead after opening fire on police officers and civilians. somali as government says that 70
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algebra fight is including 3 foreigners, have been killed after the army foils. what it says was an attempted terror attack . millions have been displaced by extreme weather events in china, the southern city of garden sue has seen record rainfall, heat waves, and a tornado. while in the northeast cleanup is underway in hobbin heavy rain caused flash rugs in the city, and at least one person has been killed in a fire at a factory in shanghai. it broke out of a petrochemical plant in the early hours of saturday morning. $505.00 fighters were deployed to bring it under control. and those are the headlines on al jazeera joined me next on inside story. stay with us. generations. this indigenous community has lived off of what the rain forest provides, but when they discovered that their territory was being invaded by gold mining projects all along the river, the community brought a lawsuit against a po doors government. you've won, you want the unprecedented ruling,
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apply just the state to consult communities over oil and mining projects that impact their land and to seek their consent. the tiny, seemingly community has won a huge battle, letting me know necessarily have the last word. since the court ruling does leave room for exceptions in the name of overriding natural interests, the bullet that killed al jazeera journalist, serene as me, is revealed. it's adding to mounting evidence that a special is really military unit is responsible. will this force israel in to taking action and who can conduct a transparent investigation? this is inside story. ah hello and welcome to the program. i'm fully back table al jazeera has uncovered
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more evidence that a special israel military unit shot dead. our colleague, sharika ob lockley, this network has obtained an exclusive photo of the bullet that killed the palestinian american journalists in the occupied west bank last month. experts say it's the type used by israeli soldiers and is designed to pierce body armor. other investigation suggests ugly, was deliberately targeted while doing her job as a journalist. but israel continues to reject calls for a full and independent investigation or bringing our guests in just a moment. but 1st, this report from our side vague the remains of the bullet that killed journalists cheering. actually, this image is been broadcast for the 1st time and shows the type of ammunition used to killed the veteran algebra journalist and the occupied west bank last month. according to experts, the green tip bullet is capable of piercing armor and is used in a m for rifle. when we simulated the green tape bullet using 3 d models and
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according to ballistic and forensic experts, the munition that ended sharina life was a 5.56 millimeter caliber. the bullet was 1st designed and manufactured in the united states. according to the palestinian prosecutor's office and the autopsy report, the bullet entered the lower part of sharina head to avoid ricocheted off her helmet and lodged itself in her head. i think another interesting fact, fact who has to be brought into consideration is the fact that there are a number of strike marks on the tree next to which terrain was standing. and that indicates to me that the, there was not, she didn't die as a result of a random shot. as a result, a fight that was going on at the moment. the fact that there were a number of rounds that struck that tray and that she was also hit that indicate that she, it looked very much like she was been targeted time. we have used 3 d models to
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identify the types of weapons israeli soldiers were using. in this video, we found it was a m for rifle. the type of gun that uses 5.56 caliber, bullets. open souls data supports the fact the israeli special unit accused of shooting. sharon uses this type of weapon used in a non combat situation. fight by this really army at clearly identifiable journalist doing her job. o justice for sharing is yet to be delivered. accountability, still not taken place. questions remain unanswered, including if an order was given to kill her, why was she shut despite been clearly marked as a journalist and posed no threat. what made in his race so to target her from such a short range? all of this is further reason why the palestinian authority and al jazeera media network have demanded an independent investigation into the killing of sharon,
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a blackly. i said bake al jazeera. now let's take a look at the investigations that have been carried out so far on the day of serene scaling. on may 11th, israel released a video blaming palestinian gunmen, but just a day later these really rise school beds. selim disputed that claim it found the video did not match the location where she was shot. the palestinian authority concluded 2 weeks later that israeli forces deliberately targeted ab watley al jazeera announced the network would file a case with the international criminal court, separate investigations by the associated press. cnn and the washington post have found abil actually was likely killed by israeli fire. and earlier this month, the palestinian foreign minister took the results of its investigation to the i, c. c. that palestinian leaders say they've also presented their findings to the u. s. administration. ye, assistant minister for multilateral affairs, is urging washington to investigate the death of one of its own citizens. we think
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that there is enough evidence both palestine and by all other outlets including gall hawk, but sir loom jazeera to the cnn, and the washington post all of these, sir, you know, the front investigative reports that her roof latrene was thought to get there without reasonable doubt by israeli soldiers have been also present before the eyes of the you are certain the social what we're asking now is that the you us do right by sri and does exactly what it did. and other occasions were american citizens were targeted, let alone her being a journalist. ah, well as now bring in our guests in tel aviv already give our t advocacy director at breaking the silence an organization of israeli military veterans working to bring an end to the occupation in high 5 thousands our hair or
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human rights lawyer and a board member of these really human rights organization, but selim and in miami and i was night executive director at the u. s. campaign for palestinian whites. welcome to you all to inside story. thank you very much for being with us already give r t. if i can start with you in tel aviv, from your experience serving in these really military, can you tell us 1st whether the type of bullet that was used in sharina killing the 5.6, the 5.56 caliber is one that is commonly used by the israeli military. and for what purpose? now, so 1st of all, thank you for inviting me in the logo. want to participate with me here together and come in. those are 0 for continuing to diabetes investigation. still important for anyone. there is a lot of human rights for a question. look definitely. this is the most common a i think the 5.5 is definitely a difference with the green,
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but it is showing investigation. there was a 0, a conducted boss am, but i'm not an expert with different specific types of what, what i can definitely a, not wholly the wrong one of the we huh. i already the, these rallies, know which unit was deployed or to to the janine refugee camp on the day that sharon was killed on may 11th. they know this would, they have investigated and questioned members of this unit. what is the process that the military goes through when an incidents such as this one happens when a palestinian, a civilian is killed? i think it's important go to the knowledge to start the while the military itself,
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it has its own kind of internal investigation mechanism. those kind of investigations are not really that good for accountability, right? so it's possible with inside the unit. so those were questions are really short of them. but the intention is, nautica is not really going to be with you for, for the result in i can, those are the former folder. i can go based on the point of view over 1300 soldiers gave us the money to reconcile us. thus, there isn't any mechanism for real accountability and the reason for that is because israel clearly understands the any real investigation into any of the key. we got innocent, people are really important to remember the killing of innocent boston is in the west bank and gaza. hopefully we base our israel clearly understand it's really investigations in humans. we always leave us with the root cause and the root cause
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is know who patients are extending fully, are older that one of the most through and one of the strongest armies in the world to fight and shoot in science civilian population. and this is what is covered in every single bio who's investigation and that's the reason why there is no way for me to do it on dr. real serious investigation already. i'll come back to in just a few minutes to ask you more about what your organization has uncovered when it comes to. the israeli military's dealings in the occupied territories house and in hi fi. if i can come to you and ask your opinion about this latest read revelation about the, the type of bullet that killed sharon apple. actually this, in addition to the investigations that have been led by the palestinian authority. various news outlets like cnn and the washington post, you think this wall force israel to take some sort of action now? well, let me begin by saying that until now there was a basically,
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and no body or country or institution. that said no for an investigation. any kind of investigation, the question is, what type, what frame and what, but even that is raised from day one, you've to go, they changed their mind and they changed the narrative of their story. they basically said the are offering the palestinians to have a cooperative situation under the supervision of the u. s. a. but that's not the issue. this is not the question. there are clear evidence, as you mentioned. and as was mentioned in the report, there are clear evidence whether that that was investigated by 18, by washington post by cnn coliseum authority, and on the ground from day one. that all the evidence and witnesses are clear that shaheen was shot even deliberately. she was assassinated deliberately knowing shut,
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knowing that she is a journal is doing her job. now the question, what to buddy should investigate i'm, this is what the israel will reject. and even i must say that u. s. will reject, right? if but it's one of these really demands allison, one of these really demands is that the palestinians hand over this bullet the bullet that killed sharon abs utley and they've been reportedly applying pressure on the u. s. government to put pressure on the palestinians to hand over this bullet. do you think that would make a difference whether or not israel gets his hand on it on this bullet? well, whether or not they, what they have the bullets, this were a, he's a conclusion of any investigation they will do is very clear that they are not accountable. they are not responsible on probably whether we take it or not, they will probably say that this is mark or will it already from the gym the media yesterday. and today, after, as you know, exposed the flip of the, of the will,
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if not, immediate response of the israelis was, it might not be ours because a lot of people in, if you need a junior, have the same bullet and we can not know if it's there from the army, or if it's from people engineers who were using their guns. i so it doesn't matter . the bullet is in which i must say that the israel will do everything. it would, doesn't matter, in which frame the investigation will be in order to give itself and its soldiers and all that chain of command in the army a clear impunity for it say i chose without relation the bullets it's time or the ins. hm. okay, let me bring ahmed i was night into the conversation ahmed. it's likely that the rifle and the bullet that was used to kill sheree novel actually came from manufacturers in the united states. the u. s. we know pace were 20 percent of israel's military budget. there is a u. s. northerly. he act which says that the u. s. can not provide any support or
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training to any military unit in the world that has carried out human rights violations. how much you think these latest revelations put pressure, not just on, on israel, but on the u. s. government and the biden administration, which is a planning a visit to, to the region very soon? well, unfortunately, not enough pressure. let me start off by saying that during the great march of return, when the people of missouri were marching towards the borders of their ancestral homelands. or the israelis released a tweet saying that with $30000.00 people marching towards their borders that they knew were every single bullet landed. now if 30000 people marching and this military feel confident enough to tweet out that they know where every bullet landed, then we should know that from the day stream was shot. we knew where the bullet
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originated and we certainly knew. ready where it landed, and so what we're all talking about here is accountability. and what you've referenced with we, he law is what we're looking for is accountability and justice. and sadly, we haven't seen enough pressure herb by the bided administration by members of congress on the state of israel to provide a fair and credible investigation, reports of to provide healing for the wound. d 3, i'm coming variable by president. bite into the region could be a catalyst perhaps to find some answers. i think that, you know, air force one will fly over sharina a grave as they land and in the holy land in palestine, and that will be the closest. the president biden will come to touching the subject . i don't really believe that president biden, or the administration cares for the livelihood of palestinian americans or palestinians on the ground. again, if you want to heal the wound,
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the 1st thing you do is you stabilize that wound and you stop the bleeding. but the people of myself, re upped, are fighting for their lands. the people shift a raw are fighting for the homes. the people of us are still behind a blockade with no accountability for the death and destruction that we saw just last year and over the decades. if we remember one last point, we knew who had the bomb that blew up an entire media building just last year. and again, the question is, who will hold israel accountable? and sadly, it is not the united states at this time. do you think if sharina, apple i play had been, ah, anne of another nationality and an american. she has dual citizenship. of course, if she had been, let's say, ah, i don't know ukrainian american, ah, would, would the biden administration have acted differently? all it's clear there's a hypocritical nature with. ready which u. s. foreign policy is applied, we can see that the u. s. has not fallen short of sanctions against states like
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russia or iran, or you named several other states where they have enacted sanctions. and yet with the killing of u. s. citizen with the repeated violations of human rights, we never see the u. s. move to that result. so again, we see the hypocritical nature of this foreign policy and something that americans like myself have been demanding change on for decades. all right, only get avi intelligence. let me come back to you and find out more about some of the work your organization has been doing. tell us more about what your group has seen and documented when it comes to the treatment of palestinians by israeli forces. what kind of instructions or orders do is ready soldiers receive when they're operating any occupied palestinian territory. and is there a difference between the orders they receive and what actually happens on the ground? no, thank you fully a and it's a, it's a very broad question. i think maybe one of the best ways i can start answering
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that is what i was told 6 years ago, there was, there are fine, i have there. my still in local by 34 is around the signal kenya, and the center of the work. that was the 1st thing that i was told by my commander, where when we arrived to the area, was that our mission is to make all of the palestinians feel like they can not believe their head are indecent capsule aids. it basically only thing connecting because when we look at what's going on in massapequa right declaration, we find zone in order to spell it over a 1500 people. when we look at settling violence that is ravaging on without any accountability, settlers, and really 3 of them. when we look at home invasions, when we look at invasions, boasting and citizens 1000 villages on a daily basis,
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like jeanine like them, which issue was shot and killed. all this is intended to make a stimulus feel like they cannot leave their head are really great. we will always send our soldiers like me in to the palestinians into the policy. mm hm. into their roles. and when we look a more specific beyond the orders for rules of engagement. so not what you meant when, when are we allowed? when are we not allowed fire? there is a central florida, the release of order. what were loves do how and when we are a soldiers are allowed to open fire against a studio. there is a 2nd order. but in the end, when we look at what's happening on the ground, we are to some of his soldiers book about, you know, in india, when you're inside the city. when there, when there is violence in silence for against the soldiers. many cases
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you will see that the, the rules are a little bit different. that what's happening? yeah, i'll give you an example. a commander offered to navigate a few years ago. it's a stone is wrong on his car. okay. well, if by a, by the senior use the kid it exits the car and shoots that policy in rochester or the store in his back while he's escaping your already is not a threat anymore. this commander is still from other in the military progressed in the military does 0 of the meet even all because the former office do the right. and this is the guy who gives the orders result of the heart of rules of engagement and completely early to them. in garcia, so they are accountable in most cases you say house and let me come back to you just to bring it back to the case with serene abu i play here. you have, ah,
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an investigation at that's was carried out by the palestinians. they have referred it now to the international criminal court al jazeera also want to see the trash or criminal court investigate this. where do you see this case had it now can may be an independent credible investigation to get to the bottom of what happened? yes, i think the focus should be whether the i c c a will indeed open an investigation in murder or assassination off shooting. ok. because having submitted submitting the complaint to the i. c. c. meanwhile, doesn't mean anything but to our political and legal list statement that it was says submitted. but i think also of course, this is the right thing because the question is, what kind of investigation can lead to remedy or of enforcement and accountability? and the i, c, c is the only body and we're legal brain that can lead to
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a specific remedy of personal accountability of specific people that will be found guilty insurance that and this is why going or submitting a complaint to the i. c. c is the most important thing on the legal 11, on the political level, the u. s. and, and we heard that a lot as well from the secretary of state and from the un ambassador, the u. s. and buster to the you and that they were demanding investigation. as i mentioned before, there's res didn't object to have collaborates of investigation and day you as what was demanding, but these kinds of investigations are not enough because the they will not lethal accountability. they will not lead to enforcement of imprisonment in case of person, a specific person, whether the soldier, whether the commander of not a military unit that it was present in janine. and the day that she was shot, whether the commander of the army itself. and this is why the ice is,
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is important because it looks on personal accountability that can be enforced on an imprisonment level that no other investigation can do that other mitigation, probably sorry, just to and, and everyone knows that it will lead to nothing on the do you agree with south in that a case at the i c. c could lead to accountability i think it's the best bet that we had. we certainly do not trust israel to investigate itself or he has shed some light on to why that's a fruitless possibility. so we certainly look to the i c c because this is exactly what the i c c was established for. it was established so that in times were folks need to be held accountable to the standards of international law that this body there. oh, we created collectively, you know, as a world community would hold those folks accountable, but that the u. s. we doesn't support of course, again, there is
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a hypocritical nature with which u. s. foreign policy operates, and so the u. s. is fine with promoting the values of international human rights. but of course, they're not gonna speak too loudly when it's their, their colleagues or you know, perpetuating these violations of human rights. and israel, of course, is a repeat offender which with oh, with which the u. s. repeatedly defense and so the i, c, c is certainly more trustworthy for us as, as a u. s. community. now i know you're a legal expert and i was speaking i made a few weeks ago to the former chief prosecutor of the i. c. c, who suggested that a civil case in the us could also be an option to consider would you agree with that? you know, i think i'll leave that up to some other legal minds. you know. ready what we're having our hands full right now with oh, making sure that at the grassroots level, folks know how to take action. we want to continue to uplift the cause for justice for the people myself. riata will continue to uplift the cause for the icy c investigation. of the killing serena barclays, but as far as the legal solutions,
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i think there are plenty organizations prepared to take those next steps. okay, all right. i'll give you the last word in television. where do you see this case a going now? and is there any way from your experience setting in is really military? is there any way? think they can be accountability here a point in time. it is not allowing any time, not only of accountability about this case, but anybody got to be p or criticism against the way we all are. you know, the post or decades. we're not, we're seeing it. but in every time you see here we go. see israel, unfortunately, a really important the mechanism or government is using with them in order to law,
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all criticism of consulting. we all people strive for human rights because it is definitely not on the seventy's. thank you so very much for a great conversation. thank you for being with us or a given t thousands on her and i made apples night. thank you for being on inside story. and thank you for watching. you can always see the program again any time by visiting our website at al jazeera dot com for further discussion, go our facebook page at facebook dot com forward slash ha inside story, you can also join the conversation on twitter. handle is at ha, inside story, from me fully back to one whole team here in doha. thanks for watching bye for now . the latest news as it breaks the committee's plans another half dozen public hearings to connect the election lies with the violence of january sex. with detail
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