{"id":95335,"date":"2022-05-14T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=95335"},"modified":"2022-05-14T17:05:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T15:05:03","slug":"23-05-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=95335","title":{"rendered":"Police to investigate clashes at Abu Akleh funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jpost.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/arab-israeli-conflict\/article-706636\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Police to investigate clashes at Abu Akleh funeral<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<h5><strong>Clashes between police and Palestinian mourners packed around Abu Akleh&#8217;s coffin occurred at the start of her funeral in Jerusalem on Friday.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/t_JD_ArticleMainImageFaceDetect\/504816\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Police clash with mourners at the funeral of Shireen Abu Alkeh in Jerusalem on May 13, 2022 \/ (photo credit: REUTERS\/AMMAR AWAD)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Israel Police Commissioner in coordination with the Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev instructed on Saturday that an investigation be conducted regarding clashes that occurred during the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during a gunfight between IDF special forces and armed Palestinians in Jenin. The findings of the investigation will be presented to the Commissioner in the coming days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The clashes between the police and Palestinian mourners packed around Abu Akleh&#8217;s coffin occurred at the start of her funeral procession in Jerusalem on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Masked police officers faced scores of flag-waving and chanting Palestinians in the compound of St. Joseph&#8217;s Hospital in east Jerusalem, television footage showed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Officers then charged the crowd and at one point the group carrying her coffin backed against a wall and almost dropped the casket, recovering it just before one end hit the ground. The funeral in Jerusalem was interrupted after Israeli forces confiscated Palestinian flags hoisted by Palestinians at the funeral, held in a Jerusalem church near Jaffa Gate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Six Palestinians were arrested during the funeral riots, police said. Videos shared from the scene show Israeli forces using riot control methods such as batons and stun grenades on the Palestinian rioters.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"iw\" dir=\"rtl\">\u05d4\u05dc\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05ea\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d4\u05e2\u05d9\u05ea\u05d5\u05e0\u05d0\u05d9\u05ea \u05e9\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9\u05df \u05d0\u05d1\u05d5 \u05e2\u05d0\u05e7\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05d5\u05e4\u05e1\u05e7\u05d4. \u05e2\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05d5\u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05d8\u05e8\u05d4 \u05de\u05e9\u05ea\u05de\u05e9\u05ea \u05d1\u05d0\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea. \u05d0\u05e8\u05d5\u05df \u05d4\u05e7\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u05db\u05de\u05e2\u05d8 \u05e0\u05e4\u05dc. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lwRZd6tAot\">pic.twitter.com\/lwRZd6tAot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u05e1\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05de\u05d0\u05df \u05de\u05e1\u05d5\u05d5\u05d3\u05d4 \u0633\u0644\u064a\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u0633\u0648\u062f\u0629 (@SuleimanMas1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuleimanMas1\/status\/1525069173080133633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/t_JD_ArticleMainImageFaceDetect\/504817\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Family and friends carry the coffin of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during an Israeli raid in Jenin in Jenin, May 13, 2022. (credit: REUTERS\/AMMAR AWAD)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The violent scenes underlined the anger over Abu Akleh&#8217;s killing which is adding further fuel to an already raging conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Abu Akleh, who had covered Palestinian affairs and the Middle East for more than two decades, was shot while reporting on an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.\u00a0Israel&#8217;s government initially suggested Palestinian fire might have been to blame, but officials have also said they could<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/arab-israeli-conflict\/article-706636\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0not rule out<\/a>\u00a0that it was Israeli gunfire that killed her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">A few minutes after the clashes with the police, her coffin was placed in a vehicle that headed toward the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin in Jerusalem&#8217;s Walled Old City, where the ceremony proceeded peacefully.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">According to the police, the group of Palestinians they described as rioters had begun throwing stones in the hospital compound and police officers were forced to act in order to ensure the safety of the funeral.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;Incitement and violent riots began in the hospital plaza both before and at the beginning of the funeral procession,&#8221; the police spokesperson said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;The rioters hurled stones and other objects toward the police officers who, in response, acted to disperse the riot. The officers arrested a handful of the rioters in order to allow the funeral to continue in a safe and lawful manner,&#8221;\u00a0the spokesperson said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;The stones and objects were hurled at officers from rioters who were near the coffin at the hospital. These rioters damaged the funeral procession vehicle, even trying to prevent it from driving once the coffin was inside. The Israel Police operated to prevent the funeral&#8217;s disruption and continuation as planned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;Unfortunately, there are those who choose to cynically use the death of the journalist with ill intent. As of now, six suspects have been arrested who violated public order and attacked police officers both before and at the beginning of the funeral procession,&#8221; the spokesperson concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The clashes drew international condemnation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;We were deeply troubled by the images of Israeli police intruding into the funeral procession of Palestinian American Shireen Abu Akleh. Every family deserves to lay their loved ones to rest in a dignified and unimpeded manner,&#8221; US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;The EU condemns the disproportionate use of force and the disrespectful behavior by the Israeli police against the participants of the mourning procession,&#8221; the EU said on its diplomatic service&#8217;s website on Friday. &#8220;Allowing for a peaceful farewell and letting mourners grieve in peace without harassment and humiliation, is the minimal human respect.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police to investigate clashes at Abu Akleh funeral JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS Clashes between police and Palestinian mourners packed around Abu Akleh&#8217;s coffin occurred at the start of her funeral in Jerusalem on Friday. . 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