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Mourners carry the casket of slain Al Jazeera veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during her funeral in Jerusalem's Old City , Friday, May 13, 2022
OUTCRY over an Israeli riot police assault on mourners carrying the body of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh mounted over the weekend, with the United Nations, European Union and even the US expressing concern.
Huge Nakba Day demonstrations in Gaza and the West Bank today, marking the establishment of Israel in 1948 and the forced expulsion of around 750,000 Palestinians from their homes, saw demonstrators pay their respects to the slain journalist.
In Gaza City, speakers said Ms Abu Akleh “for whom the church bells rang and for whom Muslim hands were raised in prayer,” symbolised Palestinian unity across faiths and communities.
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