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June 7, 2023

Sen. Van Hollen Calls on Biden Admin to Release Report on Israeli Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
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Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen is calling on the U.S. State
Department to declassify its report on the killing last year of
Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces. Van
Hollen said the report offers some valuable information, though noted
access to key witnesses was denied and the findings cannot be considered
a true independent investigation. Abu Akleh, a longtime reporter at Al
Jazeera, was shot dead by Israeli gunfire last May while covering an
Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank.


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