Thread by @LinaAbuAkleh

Next week on May 11, it will be 1 year since an Israeli soldier killed my beloved aunt, the trailblazing Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Here’s what happened over the last year since she was killed. 🧵

Day 0: On May 11, Shireen is reporting while wearing a clearly marked press vest and helmet when an Israeli soldier shoots and kills her.

Day 2: At Shireen’s funeral, Israeli police assault mourners, including her pallbearers, causing her casket to fall.

https://twitter.com/theIMEU/status/1525106387272990723

Day 4: The US offers its “deep condolences” without taking any steps to hold Israel accountable, even though Shireen was a US citizen.

Day 30: A month after killing Shireen, Israel has faced zero accountability.

https://twitter.com/LinaAbuAkleh/status/1535584836504768512

Day 54: The Biden administration issues a statement on the 4th of July, adopting the Israeli military’s propaganda on Shireen’s killing.

https://twitter.com/LinaAbuAkleh/status/1543973877105164290

Day 58: We write to Biden asking him to meet with us during his visit to Jerusalem, only minutes from our family home.

Day 65: @POTUS refuses to meet with our family.

https://twitter.com/LinaAbuAkleh/status/1545400398990741504

Day 75: My family and I travel to DC to demand in person that the US hold Israel accountable for killing Shireen.

https://twitter.com/LinaAbuAkleh/status/1551933676669247491

Day 76: We meet with @SecBlinken in DC, who refuses to commit to a transparent and independent US investigation into Shireen’s murder.

https://twitter.com/LinaAbuAkleh/status/1551996277663080450

Day 78: Members of Congress including @RepAndreCarson, @RepRashida, @RepAOC and more join a press conference calling on the US to hold Israel accountable.

https://twitter.com/LinaAbuAkleh/status/1552705989195046913

Day 79: We leave DC without any meaningful action from the U.S.

https://twitter.com/LinaAbuAkleh/status/1552746140755451905

Day 100: Our family continues to call on the Biden administration to open an investigation into Shireen’s killing to hold Israel accountable for her killing.

https://twitter.com/LinaAbuAkleh/status/1560593394300203008

Day 117: Israel issues a statement attempting to obscure the truth and avoid accountability for killing Shireen. Still no action from the US despite repeated calls from major human rights organizations and journalist associations.

https://twitter.com/LinaAbuAkleh/status/1566775289245536256

Day 132: Our family travels to the Hague to submit a complaint to the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel’s killing of Shireen––a war crime.

https://twitter.com/LinaAbuAkleh/status/1572151269321498625

Day 183: I testified in front of the @UN_HRC human rights council about the killing of my aunt and Israel’s brutal attack on Shireen’s funeral.

Day 188: After six months, news breaks that the FBI opened a criminal investigation into Shireen’s killing.

https://twitter.com/LinaAbuAkleh/status/1592388625215680512

Shireen was our dear aunt, sister, and friend, but she was also a US citizen. One year after her murder by an Israeli soldier, we won’t stop demanding that the US hold Israel accountable so that we finally see #JusticeforShireen.