Palestinians welcome foreign support in inquiry into reporter’s death

RAMALLAH, West Bank --- The Palestinian Authority said on Saturday it would welcome international support in the inquiry into the death of an Al Jazeera journalist, while Israel said it would investigate an eruption of violence at her funeral. Israeli police charged at a crowd of Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of veteran reporter Shireen Abu Akleh through Jerusalem's Old City on Friday, drawing international condemnation. The violence added to Palestinian outrage over Abu Akleh's killing, which has threatened to fuel tensions that have escalated since March. Israel's Internal Security Minister Omer Barlev said that he and the police commissioner had appointed a pan...

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