PA Ministry of Information: Ziad Abu Ein’s "assassination" was "a barbaric crime… proving [Israel’s] lust for the blood of innocent people"
“Fatah Central Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi said that Abu Ein had been assassinated and murdered in cold blood. He added: ‘Our entire people and its leadership are potential Martyrs (Shahids) in resisting the occupation, and the [current] stage demands that we all form a unified rank against it. This is our destiny, and we must therefore strengthen our unity against the occupation. Our response will be more resistance in all the popular, national and international forums, using all forms of popular resistance.’
Mahmoud Al-Habbash, the Supreme Shari’ah Judge and Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs, condemned the assassination of Martyr (Shahid) Abu Al-Einein by the occupation forces. He described this crime as a ‘barbaric and cowardly crime that is part of an Israeli scheme to harm our national determination and kill the spirit of the Palestinian struggle against the settlers and their rampages in all Palestinian towns and villages.’
The [PA] Ministry of Information called Abu Ein’s assassination ‘a barbaric crime and state terrorism,’ testifying to the history of a criminal [security] establishment that excels in claiming numerous victims from among the Palestinian people, proving its lust for the blood of innocent people.”
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.
Mahmoud Al-Habbash, the Supreme Shari’ah Judge and Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs, condemned the assassination of Martyr (Shahid) Abu Al-Einein by the occupation forces. He described this crime as a ‘barbaric and cowardly crime that is part of an Israeli scheme to harm our national determination and kill the spirit of the Palestinian struggle against the settlers and their rampages in all Palestinian towns and villages.’
The [PA] Ministry of Information called Abu Ein’s assassination ‘a barbaric crime and state terrorism,’ testifying to the history of a criminal [security] establishment that excels in claiming numerous victims from among the Palestinian people, proving its lust for the blood of innocent people.”
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.