Media Roundtable: Killing of Al Jazeera veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces triggers outpouring of grief & condemnation
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Your Call
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KALW
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audio
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Society & Culture
Publication Date |
May 13, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:12:45
On this week's media roundtable, we discuss the death of the Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. On Wednesday, the Israeli military shot and killed her while she was reporting on an Israeli raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses and the Palestinian health ministry. Abu Akleh was wearing a press vest and was standing with other journalists when she was killed. She joined Al Jazeera in 1997 as one of the network’s first field correspondents. According to the network, Abu Akleh, 51, was a respected and familiar face in the Middle East, known for her coverage on the harsh realities of the Israeli occupation.

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