Recently, we lost an important voice of truth amid the massive misinformation campaigns of mainstream western media. A very well-known Palestinian journalist named Shireen Abu Akleh was murdered in cold blood by the state of ‘Israel’.
Shireen was working in the city of Jenin, which is located in the West Bank governance of occupied Palestine. In Jenin and all through the West Bank, both Israeli settlers & Israeli forces have been frequently raiding peoples houses & harassing them. They might consider this a tactic to provoke Palestinians, or this may be a strategy to scare Palestinians away from their homes. However, it is clear to the international community that what ‘Israel’ is doing in the West Bank & all of Palestine is completely criminal. This is why journalists who document these crimes are targeted so fiercely; because ‘Israel’ is very desperate to prevent the exposure of their crimes.
During these routine raids on Palestinian homes, there are many journalists stationed there by news channels & media publications, on both the side of the Israeli occupation as well as Palestine. Shireen was among the journalists stationed to report on the raids. In order to prevent Shireen from exposing Israeli crimes, a Israeli Defense Forces sniper shot her in the head.
While ‘Israel’ first claimed that the shot was fired in response to Palestinian military presence, they later claimed that they are not aware which of their soldiers fired the shot. Israel is desperately doing publicity control in hopes that they can convince the world that this was an accident, or a unique event.
‘Israel’ has a very long track record of assassinating journalists, or anyone wearing a press vest. However, this time will be different for ‘Israel’.
For one, Shireen worked for a very well-known news channel & media publication named Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera is very popular with the Middle Eastern audience as well as the English-speaking audiences of the West. Shireen was a veteran reporter, having much experience even prior to working for Al Jazeera. However, Al Jazeera is a very heavyweight influence in the media world. They are owned & funded by the state of Qatar, a smaller Muslim country on a peninsula in the Levant. Despite the limitations that Qatar faces as a smaller nation, Qatar has grown into a significant influence on global geopolitics. Qatar Airlines is one of the most popular airlines with travelers. Al Jazeera is one of the most dominant influences in modern media & publication, and they continue to grow quickly. If Al Jazeera loses a veteran journalist to ‘Israel’, that will definitely make a splash.
This time, the splash will be considerably louder than it has been in the past. Shireen was an American citizen, which should put pressure on US officials to seek justice for Shireens family. She was also a Christian. However, US officials first refused to condemn ‘Israel’ for killing this innocent journalist in cold blood.
Although the US might now say that they condemn the killing of innocent journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, they have never gone to the lengths of holding ‘Israel’ accountable for any crimes. In fact, US directs all of their mainstream media to mislead the American public by writing misleading headlines such as this:
New York Times aside, if Elon Musk proceeds in his acquisition of Twitter, all of these realities could come to light. If freedom of speech on Twitter is restored, the world will catch on very quickly to the tricks of western diplomacy. They already are, according to Al Jazeera.
If the US wants to preserve their role as guarantors of peace worldwide, they will need to own up to their drastic mistake of supporting ‘Israel’. Otherwise they will lose even more trust & credibility worldwide. The occupation of Palestine was always clear to see for those paying attention. However, as the digital world continues to advance, state-sponsored crimes will be documented, exposed, and dealt with.
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