Fri May 13, 2022, 10:50 AM

Israeli police beat mourners at journalist's funeral

Source: AP

By JOSEPH KRAUSS

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Friday moved in on a crowd of mourners at the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, beating demonstrators with batons and causing pallbearers to briefly drop the casket.

The crackdown came during a rare show of Palestinian nationalism in east Jerusalem — the part of the holy city that Israel captured in 1967 and that the Palestinians claim as their capital.

Israel says east Jerusalem is part of its capital and has annexed the area in a move that is not internationally recognized. Israel routinely clamps down on any displays of support for Palestinian statehood.

Thousands of mourners, some hoisting Palestinian flags and chanting “Palestine, Palestine,” attended the funeral for Abu Akleh, who witnesses say was shot and killed by Israeli forces earlier this week while covering a military raid in the occupied West Bank.

Mourners gather at the hospital where the body of slain Al Jazeera veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh will be taken from to to her final resting place, in east Jerusalem, Friday, May 13, 2022. Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American reporter who covered the Mideast conflict for more than 25 years, was shot dead Wednesday during an Israeli military raid in the West Bank town of Jenin.(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/shireen-abu-akleh-journalist-funeral-west-bank-bb71e2ec64dd034066bc6df4a9aa2fb3

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Israeli police beat mourners at journalist's funeral (Original post)	Omaha Steve	May 13	OP
Words fail.	niyad	May 13	#1
No kidding	underpants	May 13	#3
Horrifying.	blm	May 13	#4
Sickening.	mountain grammy	May 13	#2
its time for the US to cut israel off from aid	moonshinegnomie	May 13	#5
Cool story.	Mosby	May 13	#12
Yes Our Tax Dollars!!!	McKim	May 13	#29
I hope a significant number of American politicians speak up about this outrage.	TheRickles	May 13	#6
They won't. Maybe Bernie? nt	Samrob	May 13	#15
Unconscionable	Bayard	May 13	#7
A group of Muslim men hijacked the funeral.	Mosby	May 13	#10
Well, that's different	Bayard	May 13	#21
Yes, Do You Have Proof?	McKim	May 13	#30
Do you have a valid link to your accusation?	karynnj	May 13	#25
It was mentioned in the Washington Post article.	Marius25	May 13	#26
So the people identified as "pallbearers" in the posted article	robbob	May 18	#40
Time to cut off their allowance	Deuxcents	May 13	#8
Agreed	Bayard	May 13	#22
You don't know what Apartheid means.	Marius25	May 13	#27
I do	OrangeJoe	May 14	#37
It didn't bother Israel when they killed 34 American servicemen.	marie999	May 13	#9
Palestinians have murdered 19 Israelis in the past MONTH	Mosby	May 13	#11
Better check that info. Always go back to the initiating incident. Many were acts of retaliation.	Samrob	May 13	#17
And people here don't care.	Marius25	May 13	#28
I'm glad that this is getting more attention	SunImp	May 13	#13
They were following her families wishes.	Mosby	May 13	#14
This had very little to do with her "religion" and everything to do with what she was reporting on.	Samrob	May 13	#18
The murder by Palestinians.	Mosby	May 13	#19
That's quite a story!!!!!	McKim	May 13	#31
Please provide a link to your source.	Fla Dem	May 13	#23
Wapo	Mosby	May 14	#36
It appears there may be another side to the story	sarisataka	May 13	#16
Would you please provide a link to your source.	Fla Dem	May 13	#20
My apologies, they did not say protesters	sarisataka	May 13	#24
See the Washington Post Video	McKim	May 13	#32
Sad! Truly sad!	burrowowl	May 14	#33
The Times of Israel story:	Ziggysmom	May 14	#34
That's not what the video showed.	Duppers	May 14	#35
...	ck4829	May 17	#38
Whenever the Holocaust is mentioned, it breaks my heart.	zanana1	May 18	#39