US Representative Rashida Tlaib said that at least 10 members of Congress had signed a letter calling on the US authorities to investigate the killing of Al-Jazeera correspondent in Palestine, Sherine Abu Akleh, while French President Emmanuel Macron renewed his call for Israel to expedite the investigation into the assassination of Abu Akleh.
The US legislator from the Democratic Party added that it was "unprecedented that members of Congress raise their voices to condemn what happened," referring to the assassination of Shirin Abu Aqleh last Wednesday while she was preparing to cover the storming of the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank by the occupation forces.
Rashida Tlaib, who is of Palestinian origin, explained in an interview with Al Jazeera that people who commit war crimes cannot be allowed to investigate themselves, in reference to the Israeli authorities, and called on the Democratic Representative to link US aid to Israel with the latter's respect for human rights.
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A source in the US Congress confirmed to Al-Jazeera the circulation of a message calling on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the State Department to investigate the assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh.
The US news website, The Intercept, reported on Monday, quoting informed sources, that two Democratic lawmakers in Congress are seeking to obtain the signatures of lawmakers on a letter calling on the FBI and the US State Department to investigate the assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh.
According to 3 informed sources, the letter prepared by Representative Andre Carson of Indiana and Lu Correa of California also calls on the US State Department to verify whether the killing of a journalist with US citizenship violates any US laws.
Both Al Jazeera and the Palestinian Authority accused Israel of deliberately shooting Shirin while she was working, while an initial report issued by the Israeli army said last Friday that it had concluded that the source of the shooting that wounded journalist Shirin Abu Aqleh and led to her death could not be determined. .
France and Russia
In a related context, the French presidency said in a statement that President Emmanuel Macron reiterated, during a phone call on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, his country's position calling for the speedy completion of the investigation into the assassination of Sherine Abu Akleh.
According to the office of the French presidency, Macron expressed, during the call, his affection for the assassination of Abu Akleh.
In France also, Member of Parliament Hubert Julien Laveriere said that his colleagues are mobilizing to demand a commission of inquiry into the killing of Sherine Abu Akleh, and the French parliamentarian stressed, during an intervention with Al Jazeera, the necessity to reveal the circumstances of Sherine’s killing, what happened during her funeral and to hold the perpetrators accountable.
In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed his condolences to Hussein Sheikh, Palestinian Minister of Citizenship Affairs and Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Liberation Organization, on the death of colleague Shirin. Abu sane.
French parliament member Hubert Julien Laveriere said that his colleagues are mobilizing to demand a commission of inquiry into the killing of Sherine Abu Akleh.
Condolences and memorials
On the other hand, Jenin governorate set up a mourning house yesterday, Tuesday, to mourn the spirit of the Al-Jazeera reporter in the center of Jenin, in which a number of Christian and Muslim religious scholars and the governor of Jenin participated. He tried to save Shireen.
In Egypt, the Journalists Syndicate held a memorial ceremony on Tuesday at its headquarters for the late Shireen Abu Aqleh, and the head of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate Diaa Rashwan said that the Syndicate supports moves to sue Israel for the assassination of Shireen. Annual Egyptian Press Competition, devoted to coverage of Palestine affairs.