Israeli forces killed two Palestinians during raids overnight in Jenin and Bethlehem, just hours after killing a Palestinian journalist in Hebron and attacking her funeral. Their deaths bring the total number of Palestinians killed by Israel since the start of the year to 60.

In the weeks after Shireen was killed, and in the face of countless efforts to discredit them, their experience, and their testimonies, these journalists persevered. Amidst all the trauma and grief they were experiencing, from losing a hero and friend, they chose to speak up, and continued telling the truth.

Pedro Almodovar, Susan Sarandon, Tilda Swinton, Mark Ruffalo, Eric Cantona, Miriam Margolyes, Jim Jarmusch, Naomi Klein and Peter Gabriel call for “meaningful measures to ensure accountability for the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh and all other Palestinian civilians.”

Thousands of Palestinians attended a state funeral procession for slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Thursday before her burial on Friday in Jerusalem. Following the state procession in Ramallah, Abu Akleh’s body was transported in a convoy to her hometown of Beit Hanina, although it was temporarily intercepted by Israeli police near the Qalandia military checkpoint. Israeli police have also raided the Abu Akleh family home and questioned family members.

Shireen Abu Akleh joins a long list of Palestinian journalists who have been killed by Israeli forces while reporting. This Israeli hostility toward journalists makes sense once you understand the nature of this colonial state. The continuation of Israeli apartheid is only possible by fighting those who reveal the truth.