A memorial service for Shireen Abu Akleh
A memorial service for Shireen Abu Akleh in London this week provided yet another reminder that despite a large and growing body of evidence regarding Israel’s culpability for the Al Jazeera correspondent’s death, no one has yet been held accountable.The service was held at the St Bride’s Church in Fleet Street. Due to its location, on a central London road traditionally home to the UK’s print media, the church has long been associated with journalists.The service followed a separate memorial event in the occupied West Bank on 19 June, 40 days after her slaying.In between, the United Nations became the latest body to conclude that Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian American journalist, was killed by Israeli gunfire.On 24 June, the UN’s Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights a...










