By Fazal Khan 

BRUSSELS (TSAT) - The US and European media's hatred against Muslim journalists was exposed during the coverage of renowned Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh assassination, who was brutally killed by Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday.

The New York Times reported she “Dies at 51” without mentioning the Israeli forces assassinated her.

While the Associated Press, a major global news agency in the US, reported that Shireen was killed by gunfire.

Social media users across the world criticized the western media for its hatred of Muslim journalists and called its reporting “unethical”.

Palestinian and journalists around the world mourning over her brutal killing by the Israeli forces. Abu Akleh was reporting for Al-Jazeera for 25 years.

According to Al-Jazeera, she was hit by an Israeli live bullet when she covered an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.

“But, despite showing respect for Abu Akleh’s career, many media organisations were careful to avoid implicating Israel in the killing, despite assertions by Al Jazeera and witnesses who were with her that Abu Akleh had been killed by Israeli forces,” the Doha based leading broadcaster reported. 

Beth Miller, the political director of Jewish Voice for Peace, criticized the New York Times for its baised headline and said that the leading newspaper wrote Abu Akleh “dies at 51”, without mentioning the cause of her death.

“Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed by an Israeli sniper while reporting on an Israeli military raid of a refugee camp,” she tweeted.

“‘Dies at 51’. Unbelievable, NYT,” she added.

Bassam Khawaja, the co-director of NYU Law’s Human Rights and Privatization Project, wrote on Twitter: “‘Dies at 51’ is a really strange way to say a journalist was shot in the head.”

The New York Times also released a correction for “misstating” Al Jazeera’s statement on Abu Akleh’s The Associated Press was also criticised for its reporting, according to AJ.

“AP reporting that the iconic Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh ‘was killed by gunfire’ is unethical journalism,” a Twitter account which uses the handle AimRabie, tweeted.

“She ‘was [not] killed’ by aliens, she was killed by Israeli forces. There should be repercussions for propagating ‘alternative facts’ about basic truths.”

Another user, Fatima Said, condemned the Associated Press’ choice of words and noted that the news agency’s own offices were bombed in Gaza by Israeli forces a year ago.

“Even in death, there’s no dignity or justice for Palestinians. A major news outlet describing a veteran journalist’s assassination at the hands of Israel as random ‘gunfire’,” Said tweeted.

“This is the same AP whose media offices were flattened with Israeli bombs last year.”

Kevin Gosztola criticised Western media outlets for the difference in their approaches to the conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine, and said that Abu Akleh was “owed coverage that doesn’t whitewash her death”.

“If a journalist was targeted and killed by Russian military forces in Ukraine, the US media would report it as an assassination and stir outrage,” he tweeted.

“Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was murdered by Israeli soldiers. She is owed coverage that doesn’t whitewash her death.”

The UK Secreary of State Liz Truss also avoided to condemned Israel brutality and said journalists must be protected.

“I am saddened to hear of the death of respected journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh. The work of journalists across the globe is vital and they must be protected to carry out their work,” Truss tweeted without condemning Israel. 

Tom Bateman BBC journalists criticized the UK foreign secretary statement and said there is no call for investigation or accountability. 

“No call for investigation or accountability in UK foreign secretary statement on killing of Shireen Abu Aqleh. I understand this is the entire statement. (A more junior minister yesterday called for investigation),” Tom Bateman tweeted.  

The western media also called the illegal action of the Israeli forces to snatch Shireen dead body from Palestinians as “clashes. 

“Israeli occupation forces are literally beating up Palestinians during the funeral procession of Shireen Abu Akleh, trying to dictate how a community mourns, trying to divide Palestinians against themselves based on religion. Or as Western media calls it “clashes,” Danny Hajjar, another journalist tweeted.