Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh buried in Jerusalem after a tumultuous funeral procession that saw police clash with mourners, almost topple casket; incident condemned by US EU
Mourners gather during the burial of slain veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh at the Mount Zion Cemetery outside Jerusalem’s Old City on May 13, 2022. (HAZEM BADER/AFP)
The Times of Israel liveblogged Friday’s events as they happened.
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Blinken says US ‘deeply troubled’ by police conduct at Abu Akleh funeral
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing at the US Capitol, on April 26, 2022, in Washington. (Bonnie Cash-Pool/Getty Images/AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US is “troubled” by Israeli police conduct at the funeral of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
“We were deeply troubled to see the images of Israeli police intruding into her funeral procession today. Every family deserves to be able to lay their loved ones to rest in a dignified and unimpeded manner,” Blinken says in a statement.
“We remain in close contact with our Israeli and Palestinian counterparts and call on all to maintain calm and avoid any actions that could further escalate tensions,” he says.