FBI’s Decision To Investigate IDF ‘undermines The Pentagon’s Own Conclusions’

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa (C) speaks during a press conference while accompanied by the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III (R) and the General Director of Saint Joseph Hospital Jamil Koussa (L) regarding the events at the funeral of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, at the hospital in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on May 16, 2022. – The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, accused Israel of “disrespecting the church” over what he called a “police invasion” at the start of the funeral for the slain journalist. The decision the FBI to investigate the Israel Defense Forces over the May 11 death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. AHMAD GHARABLI/JNS

A decision by the FBI to investigate the Israel Defense Forces over the May 11 death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin undermines the official positions of the Pentagon and the United States State Department, both of which welcomed the IDF’s own investigation into the matter, an Israeli expert on U.S.-Israeli relations told JNS.