Abbas: Ziad Abu Ein’s death was a “savage attack… that cannot be passed over in silence or accepted”
"Fatah Revolutionary Council member and Head of the Committee to Resist Settlements and the Wall Ziad Abu Ein died as a Martyr (Shahid) a short time ago, after he was attacked and beaten by occupation soldiers and tear gas canisters were fired at him during a demonstration in the village of Turmus Ayya north of Ramallah.
Eye witnesses said that Abu Ein was attacked by the occupation soldiers while he and other Palestinian activists were planting olive trees in Turmus Ayya, and that one of the soldiers struck him in the chest with a helmet. In addition, he inhaled tear gas, which made him lose consciousness. He was evacuated to the government hospital in Ramallah, where medical sources confirmed his death as a Martyr.
President Mahmoud Abbas described the savage attack that led to his death as a Martyr... as a barbaric act that cannot be passed over in silence or accepted. His Excellency [Abbas] emphasized: “We will take all necessary measures after learning the results of the investigation of fighter Abu Ein’s Martyrdom-death. His Excellency condemned the continuation of the attacks on the Palestinian people by the Israeli government. The President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, has declared three days of mourning."
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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.
Eye witnesses said that Abu Ein was attacked by the occupation soldiers while he and other Palestinian activists were planting olive trees in Turmus Ayya, and that one of the soldiers struck him in the chest with a helmet. In addition, he inhaled tear gas, which made him lose consciousness. He was evacuated to the government hospital in Ramallah, where medical sources confirmed his death as a Martyr.
President Mahmoud Abbas described the savage attack that led to his death as a Martyr... as a barbaric act that cannot be passed over in silence or accepted. His Excellency [Abbas] emphasized: “We will take all necessary measures after learning the results of the investigation of fighter Abu Ein’s Martyrdom-death. His Excellency condemned the continuation of the attacks on the Palestinian people by the Israeli government. The President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, has declared three days of mourning."
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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.
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