Only Israel Can Shoot Americans in the Face with Impunity

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Only Israel Can Shoot Americans in the Face with Impunity

By Kevin Barrett, American Free Press

On May 11, American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the face by an Israeli sniper. For several days after her killing, the Israeli government ludicrously insisted that she had probably been shot by a Palestinian. Israeli President Naftali Bennett even posted a tweet blaming Palestinians. Later, after finally admitting that Israeli soldiers had repeatedly fired in the direction of Abu Akleh at the time she was killed and that Israeli authorities had identified the Israeli sniper rifle that “may have killed” her, Israel announced that it would not investigate the killing.

On May 13 Israeli police attacked her funeral. Bursting through the gates of St. Joseph’s hospital, they threw stun grenades at mourners, beat them with batons, and punched and kicked them. Those carrying Abu Akleh’s coffin were viciously attacked by a much larger group of Israeli police, yet somehow managed to keep the coffin aloft and prevent it from spilling the body on the ground as the Israelis obviously intended.

Shireen Abu Akleh was not the best-known American Catholic to be shot in the face by Israel in broad daylight. That honor goes to John F. Kennedy.