The Israel Briefing: Israel rejects US plan to investigate death of Palestinian journalist
In this weekly newsletter, Ben Caspit and Rina Bassist round up the biggest stories from Israel.
This week, we go behind-the-scenes of the American decision to open an investigation over the death of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and how Israeli authorities reacted to the reported decision.
Intense efforts by Israeli defense officials to uncover the origin of the FBI probe have yielded some insights, including the fact that the decision was made by the FBI and the Justice Department, and that Israeli authorities were at least partly in the loop. That being said, Jerusalem expected the administration would block the plan.
