Opening Remarks - Covering Palestine: A Shireen Abu Akleh Memorial Symposium, with Senator Chris Van Hollen

Opening session of the Shireen Abu Akleh Memorial Symposium, featuring remarks by Khalil Jahshan, Executive Director of Arab Center Washington DC, and Yousef Munayyer, Head of the Palestine/Israel Program, honoring Shireen's journalistic legacy and countless killed Palestinian journalists. Their remarks were followed by a video message from Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) demanding accountability for her death and independent access for journalists in Gaza. This source is helpful for context on Shireen Abu Akleh, press freedom, Palestinian journalists, Israeli military accountability, and Gaza media coverage.