Death of Abu Akleh: the family of the American-Palestinian journalist wants to meet Biden

The family of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, killed in an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank in May, said Friday (July 8) they wanted to meet US President Joe Biden during his upcoming Middle East tour, denouncing the findings of the US investigation.

In letter to US president written by Anton Abu Akleh, brother of star Al-Jazeera correspondent, victim's family '

US administration's dismal response' on circumstances of death of the journalist.

The Abu Akleh family wishes to “

” Joe Biden “

”.

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Ramallah, who had always refused to hand over the projectile to the Israeli army, had finally entrusted it to the Americans for expertise, the latter having undertaken to return it to the Palestinians.

If Washington announced that it had examined the bullet, the Israeli army assured that it had carried out a ballistic examination.

On Monday, the US State Department said the journalist was "

" killed by fire from an Israeli position, ruling out deliberate fire.

“

,” writes the journalist’s brother, accusing the United States of wanting to “

".

Joe Biden is expected from July 13 to 15 in Israel and the West Bank, Palestinian territory occupied by Israel for more than half a century.

After the death of Shireen Abu Akleh, wearing a bulletproof vest with the words "

" and a helmet, the Palestinian Authority immediately accused the Israeli army of having killed her, but Israel did not stopped denying that accusation.

On June 24, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights concluded that the Israeli army was responsible while excluding, like the United States, a deliberate shooting.