NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Al Jazeera media network announced Tuesday morning that it intends to file a criminal complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague against the State of Israel over the death of one of its journalists, Shireen Abu Aqleh.
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The petition is expected to be filed later Tuesday, accusing “Israeli occupation forces” of intentionally killing Abu Aqleh, a US citizen, in May.
Abu Aqleh was fatally wounded while reporting on a battle between Islamic Jihad terrorists and Israeli soldiers in the northern Samaria city of Jenin. A second employee of Al Jazeera, a photojournalist, was also wounded during the battle.
The US requested that Israel conduct an internal inquiry, which failed to establish whether the bullet which killed Abu Aqleh was fired by the IDF of by Islamic Jihad terrorists. However, Israel admitted that there was a “strong possibility” that Abu Aqleh was unintentionally shot by an IDF soldier.
The US announced recently that the FBI would be inquiring into the killing, but Israel said that it would not cooperate with such an inquiry which was an ‘interference in internal affairs.”
Al Jazeera however is claiming that it has obtained new evidence showing that Abu Aqleh was “directly fired at” by IDF soldiers.
“The claim by the Israeli authorities that Shireen was killed by mistake in an exchange of fire is completely unfounded,” the outlet claimed.
After Al Jazeera formally files its petition with the ICC, Abu Aqleh’s family is expected to hold a joint press conference with Al Jazeera’s legal team at The Hague.
Al Jazeera has always been anti-Semitic and against Israel.
In my opinion, Israel should not allow any Al Jazeera reporters into the country.
Why don’t they complain to the ICJ about the hundreds of protesters murdered in Iran by the mullahs?
“The US announced recently that the FBI would be inquiring into the killing, but Israel said that it would not cooperate with such an inquiry which was an ‘interference in internal affairs.”
WHO from the US gave the command to politicize the FBI and illegally enter a sovereign foreign Nation to try to undermine it????? Does the white Chris Wray hold such power? Is the FBI his private company? Has the FBI become a democrat toy that can be played with, with any club member?