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Why the Latest Palestinian Leader in the West Bank Is Unpopular
RAMALLAH, West Bank — For years, Hussein al-Sheikh has overseen the fraught day-to-day relations between Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the Israeli military — a role that has made him unpopular with the public but has drawn him close to the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas. Then in May, Mr. Abbas, the president of […]
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Bullet Too Damaged to Prove Who Killed Shireen Abu Akleh, U.S. Says
JERUSALEM — The bullet that killed Shireen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian American journalist shot in the occupied West Bank in May, was most likely fired from Israeli military lines but was too damaged to say for sure, the State Department said on Monday. A State Department statement released after American officials observed Israeli ballistic tests […]
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Palestinians Give U.S. Bullet That Killed Shireen Abu Akleh
JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Authority has handed over to a team of American investigators the bullet it says killed the Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian officials said on Saturday, in a move meant to clarify the circumstances of the reporter’s death. Ms. Abu Akleh, a veteran television correspondent for Al Jazeera and a […]
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The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh: Tracing a Bullet to an Israeli Convoy
JENIN, West Bank — The journalists thought they were safe. Several blocks away, a gunfight between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian men had just stopped. Hoping to interview witnesses, the group of reporters headed down the street toward an Israeli military convoy. Among them was Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian-American television correspondent. Suddenly, six bullets […]
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Biden Trip to Saudi Arabia Is Set, but Energy Help Is Not
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s much-anticipated trip to Saudi Arabia has been formally set for next month, the White House announced on Tuesday, but officials played down the chances of securing much immediate help in stabilizing energy markets roiled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mr. Biden will make his first trip to the Middle East as […]
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Palestinian Inquiry Accuses Israel of Intentionally Killing Al Jazeera Journalist
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority announced on Thursday its final findings from a two-week investigation into the killing of a veteran Palestinian-American journalist, again accusing Israeli soldiers of intentionally killing her. The Authority’s attorney general said at a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah that an Israeli soldier shot the […]
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Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian Journalist, Dies, Aged 51
JERUSALEM — Shireen Abu Akleh originally studied to be an architect but could not see a future for herself in the field. So she decided to go into journalism instead, becoming one of the best-known Palestinian journalists. “I chose journalism to be close to the people,” she said in a short reel shared by Al […]
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Shireen Abu Akleh of Al Jazeera Is Killed in West Bank
JERUSALEM — A journalist for Al Jazeera was fatally shot in the West Bank city of Jenin early Wednesday, the news network and the Palestinian Health Ministry said, blaming Israeli forces for her death. The circumstances surrounding the shooting of the journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian American, were not immediately clear but she was […]
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New Rocket Fire From Gaza Follows Rising Tensions in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Militants in Gaza fired a rocket into Israeli airspace on Monday night that was intercepted by an Israeli air defense system, as tensions continued to rise after recent clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli police at a holy site in Jerusalem. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the rocket attack, but it followed […]
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