Opinion | How Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral became another means of Palestinian oppression
Even when mourning their dead, Palestinians can’t be Palestinian.
Hasnain says:
“Let that sink in. A nuclear-armed power, with one of the world’s most powerful militaries feared a flag-draped coffin. Israeli police wanted to deny Abu Akleh’s family and the public from publicly grieving the national icon and journalistic hero because they didn’t want her funeral to serve as a reminder of the national cause for liberation, dignity and independence.
When mourners poured out of the house carrying the flag draped coffin and began to chant, the police moved in to block the procession from advancing. Video shows police attacking mourners and pallbearers, beating them with batons, and at one point, almost causing pallbearers to drop the coffin.”
Posted on 2022-05-15T06:39:22+0000