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Abu Akleh’s family to meet Biden during his visit to Jerusalem
The veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s brother called for a meeting with US President Joe Biden when he visits the Israeli occupation next week in Palestine.
Anton Abu Akleh wrote a three-page letter on behalf of his family and requested Biden for a meeting.
The family harshly condemned the results of an examination where the US avoided remarks that held Israel responsible for Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing.
“We, the family of Shireen Abu Akleh, write to express our grief, outrage, and sense of betrayal concerning your administration’s abject response to the extrajudicial killing of our sister and aunt by Israeli occupation forces on May 11, 2022, while on assignment in the occupied Palestinian city of Jenin in the West Bank,” it asserted.
It clarified that the journalist, who was also a US resident, was killed by an Israeli-fired bullet to the head, despite wearing a protective helmet and a blue bulletproof vest that was marked “press.”
