Staff Writer
The Embassy of the State of Palestine in Harare Thursday called on media organisations, journalists, civil society and governments to raise their voice and condemn the killing of Palestinian Aljazeera News Television Channel Correspondent, Sherin Abu Aqla, who was in a media convoy on its way to cover the Israeli attack on the civilian refugee camp in Jenin.
The Embassy also called on the International Criminal Court to take urgent action to investigate the Israeli crimes and bring the perpetrators to book as an important measure towards the ending of the Israeli apartheid occupation of Palestine.
“This morning the apartheid Israeli occupation army deliberately assassinated in cold blood Sherin Abu Aqla the Palestinian Aljazeera News Television Channel Correspondent, who was in a media convoy on its way to cover the Israeli attack on the civilian refugee camp in Jenin.
“Sherin Abu Aqla is a prominent and iconic female journalist not only in Palestine but in the Middle East with over 26 years of reporting with Aljazeera news channel.
“Before shooting Sherin Abu Aqla in the head, the Israeli snipers shot Ali Al-Sammoudi the producer of Aljazeera news channel in Palestine with intention of shot to kill despite them wearing clearly marked press helmets and jackets,” the Palestinian Embassy said in a statement.
“At the scene of the incident, there were no demonstrations or armed people. The Israeli occupation army prevented any medical assistance by continuous shooting at other journalists or paramedic trying to assist in saving the life of Sherin Abu Aqla, who was later taken to the hospital in a civilian vehicle already dead.
“These heinous crimes against journalists is a systematic Israeli attempt to silence the voice of truth and to cover up the crimes of its occupation against our people in order to isolate our Palestinian people from the rest of the world.”
The embassy said the Israeli policy of shoot to kill under the instructions of the military commanders and high level political leaders had turned its soldiers into mere machines to kill Palestinians.
“This policy should be condemned and the perpetrators of these crimes should be brought to justice.
“The latest crimes are as a result of the Apartheid state of Israel’s failure to integrate its imported citizens from over 120 nations which has caused racism and competition to adopt the culture of aggression and violence against the Palestinian people
“The international community silence towards the crimes committed against the Palestinian people by apartheid Israeli occupation encourages Israel to continue its violence against, journalists, health personnel and the Palestine people in general,” the Palestinian embassy said.
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