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The statement – a rare case of Security Council unity on an issue related to Israel – also called for "an immediate, thorough, transparent, and impartial investigation into her killing," reported by AFP.<\/span>
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According to diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity, the negotiations on the text were particularly arduous. <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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China successfully pushed the US to remove paragraphs denouncing abuses committed against the media around the world, defending their freedom and urging their protection while covering military operations, according to diplomatic sources and different versions of the declaration obtained by AFP during the discussions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The final text merely says that "journalists should be protected as civilians" and does not mention violence during the Friday funeral for Abu Akleh.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Anger at Abu Akleh's killing escalated Friday when Israeli riot police pushed and beat pallbearers, causing them to briefly drop her casket in a shocking start to her funeral procession. It turned into perhaps the largest display of Palestinian nationalism in Jerusalem in a generation.  Abu Akleh, a star journalist for Al Jazeera, was killed as she covered unrest in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.<\/span>
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