Stelter Pushes Back at Israel Consul General After Criticizing Al Jazeera’s Credibility: The Journalist Who Died Was an Excellent Journalist

ZAMIR Well first of ░░░░░░░░ we need to have ░░░░░░░░ investigation to understand how ░░░░░░░░ happened to begin with ░░░░░░░░ we also need to ░░░░░░░░ the full context of ░░░░░░░░ because we re kind ░░░░░░░░ starting the story in ░░░░░░░░ middle STELTER Tell me ░░░░░░░░ ZAMIR Because in the ░░░░░░░░ month 19 Israelis were ░░░░░░░░ murdered in terror attacks ░░░░░░░░ as journalists covering a ░░░░░░░░ zone in conflict but ░░░░░░░░ sitting in their cars ░░░░░░░░ beers walking in the ░░░░░░░░ just for being Jewish ░░░░░░░░ living in Israel We ░░░░░░░░ to go into Jenin ░░░░░░░░ try and prevent the ░░░░░░░░ terror attack coming out ░░░░░░░░ it and that is ░░░░░░░░ raid in which at ░░░░░░░░ end in the fire ░░░░░░░░ Shireen Abu Akleh was ░░░░░░░░ which is again a ░░░░░░░░ we don t know ░░░░░░░░ we were seeing we ░░░░░░░░ seeing central media social ░░░░░░░░ and politicians in the ░░░░░░░░ States and all over ░░░░░░░░ world claiming it is ░░░░░░░░ before we had any ░░░░░░░░ of it While the ░░░░░░░░ coroner said We ve ░░░░░░░░ the bullet it s ░░░░░░░░ close to call we ░░░░░░░░ t know yet we ░░░░░░░░ had media outlets and ░░░░░░░░ elected officials saying and ░░░░░░░░ Israel And the fact ░░░░░░░░ Al Jazeera is blaming ░░░░░░░░ I take that in ░░░░░░░░ certain proportion Al Jazeera ░░░░░░░░ need to be reminded ░░░░░░░░ it s not free ░░░░░░░░ like CNN is free ░░░░░░░░ It s state owned ░░░░░░░░ It s the Qatari ░░░░░░░░ media outlet It s ░░░░░░░░ Russia Today Russia Today ░░░░░░░░ been used in the ░░░░░░░░ month to explain the ░░░░░░░░ side of the war ░░░░░░░░ to call Zelenskyy a ░░░░░░░░ It s a kind ░░░░░░░░ media that we need ░░░░░░░░ take it in the ░░░░░░░░ perspective when we analyze ░░░░░░░░ they are saying STELTER ░░░░░░░░ also think Al Jazeera ░░░░░░░░ some excellent journalists ZAMIER ░░░░░░░░ think they have some ░░░░░░░░ journalists I think she ░░░░░░░░ an excellent journalist It ░░░░░░░░ a tragedy everyone thinks ░░░░░░░░ s a tragedy I ░░░░░░░░ that we need to ░░░░░░░░ everything in our power ░░░░░░░░ make sure these things ░░░░░░░░ t happen again But ░░░░░░░░ can t do that ░░░░░░░░ which is why we ░░░░░░░░ been calling from our ░░░░░░░░ and we have been ░░░░░░░░ it responsibly We believe ░░░░░░░░ taking responsibility We said ░░░░░░░░ we don t know ░░░░░░░░ it is the Palestinians ░░░░░░░░ t say that We ░░░░░░░░ we don t know ░░░░░░░░ she died The Palestinians ░░░░░░░░ t said that yet ░░░░░░░░ are looking for a ░░░░░░░░ investigation with another third ░░░░░░░░ anything to make sure ░░░░░░░░ understand what the truth ░░░░░░░░ to make sure this ░░░░░░░░ t happen again But ░░░░░░░░ as you invited someone ░░░░░░░░ sit next to me ░░░░░░░░ they declined it s ░░░░░░░░ of the same case ░░░░░░░░ re not having we ░░░░░░░░ t find a partner ░░░░░░░░ do this investigation We ░░░░░░░░ t do it alone.”