COMMENT | Why was Shireen Abu Akleh killed in cold blood?

COMMENT | When Israel has to stoop so low in murdering Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, a Palestinian-American journalist, in cold blood to prevent her from reporting the truth about the brutal treatment of the Palestinians by the Zionist apartheid regime of Israel, it is a sign the country is going down into oblivion, following the path of South Africa's former apartheid regime.

Abu Akleh, who worked for Al Jazeera for 25 years, was one of the most prominent names across the Middle East for her decades of reporting in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. She was shot and killed while covering an Israeli military raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank on May 11, despite wearing a blue vest with "Press" written on it.

She was shot in the face, on purpose, while doing what she has been doing since 1997 for Al Jazeera – telling the truth.

Abu Akleh was murdered for telling, yet again, the truth about how Israel has corralled, bludgeoned, "raided", evicted, jailed, traumatised, tortured, murdered, and terrorised Palestinian after Palestinian, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, decade after decade.

She did her job well – with grace, patience and resilience despite the indignities, horrors and dangers. It was her duty, obligation, and responsibility to bear witness.

Even in death, she was not spared. Global television...