[The news network said the journalists killing was part of a
"wider attack on Al Jazeera, and journalists in Palestine."]
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REVEALING NEW EVIDENCE IN ABU AKLEH’S KILLING, AL JAZEERA SUES
ISRAELI FORCES AT ICC  
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Julia Conley
December 6, 2022
Common Dreams
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_ The news network said the journalist's killing was part of a "wider
attack on Al Jazeera, and journalists in Palestine." _

This handout file picture obtained from a former colleague of Al
Jazeera’s slain veteran TV journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, shows her
reporting from Jerusalem on June 12, 2021, AFP

 

FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION THAT _Al Jazeera_ said uncovered new
evidence regarding the fatal shooting
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of Palestinian-America journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May, the
international news network said Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit
against Israeli military forces at the International Criminal Court.

"_Al __Jazeera_'s legal team has conducted a full and detailed
investigation into the case and unearthed new evidence based on
several eyewitness accounts, the examination of multiple items of
video footage, and forensic evidence pertaining to the case," said
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network in a statement.

The investigation reportedly showed that Abu Akleh and her colleagues
"were directly fired at by the Israeli occupation forces" when they
were covering a raid by the forces in Jenin in the occupied West Bank
on May 11.

"The claim by the Israeli authorities that Shireen was killed by
mistake in an exchange of fire is completely unfounded," said _Al
Jazeera_.

Rodney Dixon, a lawyer for the network, told reporters that the ICC
should identify the individuals responsible for Abu Akleh's killing.

"The rulings of the International Criminal Court stipulate that those
responsible be investigated and held accountable," said
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Dixon. "Otherwise, they bear the same responsibility as if they were
the ones who opened fire."

The legal filing comes weeks after Israeli officials said they would
not cooperate with an FBI investigation into the death of Abu Akleh,
who was wearing a vest and helmet identifying her as a member of the
press when she was shot in the head.

Israel has said it conducted an investigation which found the origin
of the bullet that killed the veteran_ Al Jazeera_ journalist could
not be determined because it was too damaged, suggesting that
Palestinian forces could have fired the bullet.

Other investigations—including a U.S.-led forensic and ballistic
probe and one by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human
Rights—found
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Israeli forces may have unintentionally fired the weapon that killed
Abu Akleh, while an independent investigation by Forensic Architecture
in the U.K. and the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq concluded
that Israel Defense Forces had intentionally killed the journalist.

Dixon said the ICC should consider the lawsuit "in the context of a
wider attack on_ Al Jazeera_, and journalists in Palestine," referring
to the bombing
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of a building that housed _Associated Press _and_ Al Jazeera_ offices
in May 2021.

"It's not a single incident, it's a killing that is part of a wider
pattern that the prosecution should be investigating to identify those
who are responsible for the killing, and to bring charges against
them," said
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Dixon.

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