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Blame Israel First, Ask Questions Never: Media’s Mangled Coverage of Al Jazeera Reporter’s Death (VIDEO)

A reporter for Qatar’s Al Jazeera network on Wednesday was killed when Palestinians opened fire on Israeli forces seeking to carry out arrests in the West Bank city of Jenin. Shireen Abu Akleh was reportedly shot in the head while covering the violence in the narrow streets of Jenin’s UNRWA-run refugee camp.

While the circumstances surrounding her death remain unclear, some were quick to blame Israel. Al Jazeera’s assertion that Akleh’s death constituted “murder” was parroted by numerous news outlets.

For the record: Not a shred of concrete evidence has surfaced that supports the still-unsubstantiated claim.

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Akiva Van Koningsveld

Originally from The Hague, Akiva Van Koningsveld left The Netherlands for Israel in the fall of 2020. Before joining the HonestReporting team, he worked as a policy officer at the Center for Information and Documentation Israel, a Dutch organization dedicated to combating antisemitism and spreading awareness of the Arab-Israel conflict. Akiva studied journalism at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht. In 2020, he graduated from Utrecht University with a law degree, focusing on the intersection of human rights and civil liability.

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