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RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: january 2023 :: RMTnews 24 RMT has condemned the brutal killing of the Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, in May this year. This was another horrific demonstration of the often-deadly violence that journalists, medics, and other civilians face in Palestine and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Shireen Abu Akleh was a Palestinian American and one of the Arab world’s best- known journalists, who had covered the Israel Palestine conflict for decades. Shireen had been covering an Israeli military raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank and was wearing a helmet and body armour clearly marked “PRESS. She was shot in the head. Shireen's name has now been added to the long list of journalists killed or injured by Israeli armed forces. Since the shooting The Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) alleged that Israeli forces were behind the fatal shooting in the West Bank - not indiscriminate Palestinian firing, as Israeli authorities initially claimed. In September, the Israeli authorities announced that there was a “high possibility” that Shireen had been hit accidentally by the Israeli military but so far no criminal investigation has been launched by Israeli authorities. In November a UN Human Rights Council-appointed probe into alleged rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory heard testimony on the killing of Shireen. Also, in November the US Department of Justice announced it was also launching an inquiry into the killing which was welcomed by Shireen’s family but denounced by the Israeli government. RMT stands shoulder to shoulder with Shireen Abu Akleh’s family and friend’s demands for justice. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign which RMT is affiliated to is calling on the public to email their MPs asking them to sign EDM 34 “Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh” which you can do by visiting https://palestinecampaign.eac tion.online/justiceforshireen   RMT DEMANDS JUSTICE FOR SHIREEN ABU AKLEH Palestinian journalist latest to be shot dead while covering Israeli military raids in the West Bank