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I think it's pretty ridiculous to suggest that it's offensive to say "[nation] mourns death of [someone from there]" - it doesn't mean only they do or could. Was it offensive to say "Britain mourns the queen's death"?
My response from above:
my quick attempt at a title would be ‘ Controversial Palestinian author, family killed in Israel air strike; intended strike target unclear ‘.
What’s actually important about that event? The fact that Palestinians are mourning him, that he was controversial, that his family died too, that Israel hasn’t clarified whom or what it was targeting with the strike that killed them all…?
Leshaches-
The fact he is well known (and therefore more people are mourning him) probably is what makes this specific news item noteworthy though, isn't it?
And the tweet is daft - it's not slander to say that someone is controversial. It seems to be true - saying "only controversial in some people's eyes" sort of proves the point, controversy implies different views
andyfallsoff
Presumably you also think Al Jazeera is biased in it's reporting then?
I think it's pretty ridiculous to suggest that it's offensive to say "[nation] mourns death of [someone from there]" - it doesn't mean only they do or could. Was it offensive to say "Britain mourns the queen's death"?