Palestinian Journalist Killed by Palestinians; World Ignores

Palestinian journalist and student Shata al-Sabagh, 20, was killed by Palestinian gunmen on Sunday. Despite the outcry when a Palestinian journalist was killed by Israel in 2022, the world ignored her death.

In May 2022, Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akre was killed while reporting on a clash between Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers and Palestinian terrorists as Israel tried to arrest a Palestinian terrorist suspect. It was done.

Unlike other recently killed Al Jazeera journalists, Abu Akre had no known ties to terrorism.

Abu Akre's story became an international sensation. Foreign correspondents from the White House and the State Department frequently mentioned her at press conferences. But al-Sabagh's death was greeted relatively quietly.

era of israel reported:

Shata al-Sabagh, a journalism student and independent reporter in her early 20s, died after being shot in the head, but her family said the bullet was fired by a security forces sniper while there was no fighting nearby. It is said that a gunshot was fired.

PA security forces [Palestinian Authority]However, she said she was shot during a nighttime clash at the camp and blamed local Palestinian terrorist fighters. [in Jenin].

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Her family said in a statement on Sunday that she was killed by “a sniper bullet from the Palestinian Authority security forces in a heinous crime.” “As the family of martyr Shata al-Sabagh, we hold the Palestinian Authority and its security forces directly responsible for this crime.”

The contrast between the world's reactions to Al-Sabagh's death and that of Abu Akre is clear from the fact that even President Joe Biden mentioned Abu Akre in his prepared remarks in 2022. be. Mr. Abu Akre also held American citizenship, but there appear to be important differences: This time, the Palestinians – whatever faction they belonged to – were responsible.