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Shireen Abu Akleh

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

US senators demand full White House investigation into shooting of Palestinian American journalist

Justice

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks to The World’s host Marco Werman about a renewed call by himself and other Senate Democrats for a full inquiry into the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh earlier this year.

Shireen Abu Akleh, a journalist for Al Jazeera network who was shot and killed in Jenin

Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank

Violence
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