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Al Jazeera Staff

Biden claims US will achieve accountability for Abu Akleh killing

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US President Joe Biden shake hands after a statement, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 15, 2022 [REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman]

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – United States President Joe Biden has claimed that his government is insisting on accountability for the May killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by the Israeli army.

“The United States will continue to insist on a full and transparent accounting of her death and will continue to stand up for media freedom everywhere in the world,” Biden said on Friday in a joint press conference with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas.

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