Abbas: We hope that Allah will grant all of us Martyrdom-death
“President Mahmoud Abbas offered his condolences yesterday [Dec. 12, 2014] over the Martyrdom (Istishhad) of Minister Ziyad Abu Ein, Head of the [PA] Committee to Resist Settlements and the Wall during a visit to the Martyr’s (Shahid’s) home in Ramallah…The President added: ‘We hope that Allah will grant all of us the Martyrdom-death (Shahada) that Ziad attained with great honor while planting an olive tree. I promise you that we will take the olive tree and plant it in the place he wished, and will complete his message.’”
From WAFA, official PA news agency
Note: Ziad Abu Ein - Fatah Revolutionary Council member and head of the PA Committee to Resist Settlements and the Wall. Abu Ein died on Dec. 10, 2014 at a demonstration in the West Bank that turned violent. Immediately following his death, PA and Fatah leaders claimed that Abu Ein was murdered. Footage from the event shows Abu Ein in an altercation with an Israeli soldier who grabbed Abu Ein by the neck, and later shows Abu Ein on the ground clutching his chest in pain. The autopsy, which was overseen by Israeli and Palestinian pathologists, revealed that the cause of death was a heart attack, but disagreement remains over the extent to which the altercation with Israeli forces may have caused the heart attack. Palestinians have continued to describe Abu Ein's death as a "murder" and "assassination" by Israel.
From WAFA, official PA news agency
Note: Ziad Abu Ein - Fatah Revolutionary Council member and head of the PA Committee to Resist Settlements and the Wall. Abu Ein died on Dec. 10, 2014 at a demonstration in the West Bank that turned violent. Immediately following his death, PA and Fatah leaders claimed that Abu Ein was murdered. Footage from the event shows Abu Ein in an altercation with an Israeli soldier who grabbed Abu Ein by the neck, and later shows Abu Ein on the ground clutching his chest in pain. The autopsy, which was overseen by Israeli and Palestinian pathologists, revealed that the cause of death was a heart attack, but disagreement remains over the extent to which the altercation with Israeli forces may have caused the heart attack. Palestinians have continued to describe Abu Ein's death as a "murder" and "assassination" by Israel.