The FBI’s Gratuitous and Futile Investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh’s Death
Ignoring terrorists who murdered Americans, while making hay over the accidental death of a Palestinian journalist.
November 17, 2022
The FBI’s Gratuitous and Futile Investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh’s Death
Ignoring terrorists who murdered Americans, while making hay over the accidental death of a Palestinian journalist.
Over six months ago, the Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was hit by a bullet and killed while covering a shoot-out between the IDF and a group of Palestinian guerrillas. On the grounds that Abu Akleh was an American as well as a Palestinian citizen, the State Department insisted on conducting its own investigation. It concluded that Abu Akleh was “likely” killed by a stray bullet from an Israeli soldier’s gun, although it admittedly could not say so with certainty. The IDF’s own investigation reached a similar conclusion. Yet this is not enough for the U.S. Department of Justice, which recently announced that it will look in the matter itself. Lahav Harkov comments:
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