Jerusalem Controversy

JERUSALEM — Israeli riot police on Friday pushed and beat pallbearers at the funeral for slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, causing them to briefly drop the casket in a shocking start to a procession that turned into perhaps the largest display of Palestinian nationalism in Jerusalem in a…

Scenes of Israeli police rushing participants in the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, using force against Palestinians who were carrying her casket outside a Jerusalem hospital and nearly toppling it, drew widespread condemnation on Friday, with the White House saying it was “deeply disturbing,” while the European…

Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem's Old City in an outpouring of grief and anger over her killing. Packed around Abu Akleh's coffin, dozens of Palestinians, some waving Palestinian flags…

Israeli police push, hit mourners carrying slain Al Jazeera journalist's casketIsraeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her…

By Raffi Berg BBC News Media caption, WATCH: Violent scenes at the funeral of Shireen Abu Aqla Israeli police have hit mourners at the funeral of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqla, whose killing in the occupied West Bank has caused a surge of anger. Her coffin almost fell as…

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Israeli police clashed with mourners at the funeral of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.She is being laid to rest after being killed while reporting on an Israeli raid in West Bank.A large crowd gathered for her funeral in Jerusalem.Israeli police clashed with Palestinian mourners packed around the coffin of killed Al…

In a statement, Israeli police said they arrested six people for allegedly violating public order and attacking officers. Police accused “hundreds of rioters” of disrupting public order before and during the funeral by chanting nationalist slogans and throwing stones at them. Police had to “disperse and repel” the crowds as…

Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh will be buried alongside her parents in a cemetery near Jerusalem's Old City on Friday, two days after she was shot dead in an Israeli army raid. The Palestinian American's body has been transferred from the occupied West Bank, and her funeral will…

The Israel Police reportedly summoned the brother of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to a police station in Jerusalem on Thursday ahead of her funeral in the capital on Friday, which is fueling fears of unrest. Abu Akleh, 51, was shot dead early Wednesday morning amid clashes between Israeli…