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A STREET in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank has been renamed after Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in May.
Her family and colleagues from the Al Jazeera media organisation attended a ceremony on Wednesday evening, presided over by the city’s mayor.
“We wanted to make sure that her memory remains eternal,”director of Ramallah municipality Ahmed Abu Laban said.
The head of Al Jazeera’s bureau in Palestine Walid al-Omari said it was hard to explain the love people had for Ms Abu Akleh.
“Shireen left no choice for people but to love her,” he told the crowd at the ceremony as he vowed to secure justice for her killing.
A Palestinian Authority probe concluded that she was killed deliberately by Israeli forces and several international investigations have drawn the same conclusion.
Despite the overwhelming evidence, Tel Aviv has ruled out carrying out an independent investigation.
Her brother Anton Abu Akleh promised to keep her memory alive.
“She was killed because she was telling the Palestinians’ stories and suffering to the world,” he said.
