Author of article on journalist's killing biased in favour of Israel

A Palestinian man gestures as he speaks to members of the media in front of a house which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 16, 2014. [File, Standard]

By trying to cover up for the crime of assassination of Palestinian veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during an Israeli army raid on Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the author of the article titled, ‘Palestine frustrating investigations into Al Jazeera journalist’s killing’, which was published in The Standard on May 31, risks becoming an accomplice to the crime committed against civilians in Palestine.

It was sad to read the article by someone from an organisation called “friends of Israel”, which has no physical presence or impartial representation in the occupied territories. He has made himself the best judge of a conflict that has been thoroughly analysed over many years by specialised international bodies and individual experts.