Human Rights

Interview with Jamal al Durrah: "To this day, the perpetrators were not held accountable”

The footage of Muhammad al Durrah and his father hiding from Israeli fire has been the face of Palestinian resistance over the past two decades. Jamal al Durrah tells MEE the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh reminds him of that day.
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