Friday sermon at Al-Aqsa Mosque: Abu Ein was murdered in cold blood
“Over 50,000 citizens from Jerusalem and its suburbs, as well as from the communities within the 1948 territories (i.e., Israel), held a prayer in the plaza of the Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday [Dec. 12, 2014], despite the state of heightened alert of the occupation forces in Jerusalem… During his Friday sermon at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Ismail Nawahda …eulogized Martyr (Shahid) Abu Ein, adding that… Abu Ein had died as a Martyr while bearing the blessed olive tree, the symbol of peace, and was murdered by the traitors and haters in cold blood, like [several others] from among our innocent Martyrs.”
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.