Watch the 40-minute film above, about Israel’s shocking killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin in 2022, and be one of the first people to see and hear the ground-breaking revelations from our award-winning team of journalists.

In this investigative documentary, Zeteo, for the first time, identifies the Israeli soldier who killed the famous reporter – a closely guarded secret up until now, as Israel had refused to divulge his name even to top American officials, according to our sources.

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The documentary also reveals a shocking Biden administration cover-up, with former US officials divulging exclusive new information and telling us that the Biden administration “failed” Shireen in order to maintain its relationship with the Israeli government.

The film features exclusive interviews not just with former US officials but also former top Israeli officials and soldiers, as well as journalists who knew Shireen personally.

This is an eye-opening investigation that only Zeteo was prepared to fund and has only been possible because of the financial support of our paid subscribers. No corporations. No sponsors. Nothing else.

Paid subscribers to Zeteo can watch the full film above. Free subscribers can watch an 8-minute preview. If you would like to watch the full documentary, and support this type of journalism and the work we’re doing at Zeteo, please consider upgrading to a paid subscription. Your small contribution goes a long way toward supporting accountability journalism like this… the kind that other outlets are still afraid to take on.

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“Who Killed Shireen?” is an investigation for Zeteo led by an award-winning team of journalists and District Bear Media:

Dion Nissenbaum

Dion is an award-winning journalist who has spent more than two decades working as a foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and McClatchy Newspapers. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist in international reporting, Dion has been based in Kabul, where he covered the US war in Afghanistan, Jerusalem, where he reported on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Istanbul, Beirut, and Washington.

Fatima AbdulKarim

Fatima is currently a journalist for the New York Times, reporting from the Occupied West Bank. Born in Jerusalem, and raised between Amman and Sharjah, UAE, Fatima is a journalist with 18 years of experience reporting from the front lines in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and working with other major news outlets such as the Christian Science Monitor, the Wall Street Journal, and +972 Magazine. Fatima was a friend and colleague of Shireen in the tight-knit Ramallah-based Palestinian journalist circle.

Conor Powell

Conor is a podcast host, multimedia producer, and veteran TV journalist with more than a decade of experience covering major news stories, including wars and conflicts in the Middle East. Conor runs District Bear Media with Atia Abawi and also hosted and wrote the award-winning podcast “The Lords of Soccer: How FIFA Stole the Beautiful Game” for iHeartRadio.

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Zeteo is proud to present an original documentary investigating who killed acclaimed journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022, the first Palestinian-American journalist to be shot dead by Israeli forces in the Occupied West Bank. Stretching from Jenin and Jerusalem to Washington DC, the film offers shocking new revelations about Shireen's killing and also exposes the cover-up around her death from both the Israeli and American governments.

Watch the trailer for “Who Killed Shireen?” above and be sure to catch the film when it releases THIS WEEK only at whokilledshireen.com. The film will be available in full for all paid subscribers. If you’re not yet a paid subscriber, do consider becoming one today to watch this groundbreaking investigation that no other media outlet was willing to commission.

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We also want to take a minute and thank all of our paid subscribers. This investigation, which we believe is so important – something the Biden administration should have done instead of a team of journalists – has only been possible because of your financial support. No corporations. No sponsors. Nothing else. As you continue to support us, know that your contributions are going toward accountability journalism like this that other outlets are still afraid to take on. Should you want to help projects like this even further, you can always donate to us here.

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It was nearly three years ago, on May 11, 2022, that renowned Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces in the Occupied West Bank. The Israeli military killed a US citizen, a well-known reporter for Al Jazeera, and the US government never fully investigated who did it; there was no accountability for the shooter, whose name has never been revealed; and ultimately, there was no justice in the case of Shireen’s killing.

Now, for the first time, Zeteo has commissioned a team of award-winning journalists, American and Palestinian, to pick up where the Biden administration grossly failed and investigate who exactly killed Shireen and what happened to that shooter – with major revelations from Washington, D.C. to Jerusalem and Jenin. The scene above is just a glimpse into the film and the reporter leading the investigation, Pulitzer Prize-nominated Dion Nissenbaum, who was formerly the Wall Street Journal’s Middle East Correspondent.

This is a story that no other outlet was willing to take on. But thanks to the financial support that so many of you have given Zeteo in the past year, we’ve been able to serve as the outlet that does support and produce an important and necessary investigation such as this.

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So my ask to all of you today: can you help us make it across the finish line? We’re in the midst of our final edit and getting the last pieces together. For a small, independent subscriber-based media company, making a major film like this is a significant task. Nevertheless, we take the privilege we have with this platform seriously, and we know we have to be ambitious in what we aim to do as a new media company. That’s why we’ve commissioned and funded this important and ground-breaking documentary film, which I can assure you the Israeli and US governments won’t want you to watch.

Shireen could have been any of us, but she also happened to be one of the best-known journalists in the Middle East. Her killing deserves answers and accountability. What happened to the Israeli soldier who killed her? Did the Biden administration find out? Was there a cover-up by Israel and the US?

For those of you who are free subscribers, if you feel like this documentary is important, that what it’s investigating is worth airing to the widest audience possible, then do consider becoming a paid subscriber today to help us get this film finished, released, and screened in multiple locations - and so that you can watch it, in full, without a paywall when it is released next month.

For those of you who are already paid subscribers, thank you so much, because this film wouldn’t even be a consideration without you. If you’d like to support us even further, and this particular film project, then you can also donate to Zeteo here.

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Stay tuned for the release of the film in the coming weeks, only at whokilledshireen.com. And be sure to subscribe to Zeto so you get those announcements straight to your inbox.

-Mehdi