Senior Fatah official: Ziad Abu Ein’s death was an “intentional assassination” by Israel
Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee Jibril Rajoub:
"The PA has decided to stop all forms of coordination with Israel following the intentional assassination of Fatah Revolutionary Council member and Head of the Committee to Resist Settlements and the Wall Ziad Abu Ein. This statement was made by Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee Jibril Rajoub, who stressed that this step came in response to the intentional assassination of Martyr (Shahid) Abu Ein."
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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.
"The PA has decided to stop all forms of coordination with Israel following the intentional assassination of Fatah Revolutionary Council member and Head of the Committee to Resist Settlements and the Wall Ziad Abu Ein. This statement was made by Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee Jibril Rajoub, who stressed that this step came in response to the intentional assassination of Martyr (Shahid) Abu Ein."
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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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