Palestinian Authority minister Ziad Abu Ain dies after clashes with IDF in West Bank.(JPost).
The Minister died shortly after being hit and shoved by IDF soldiers during a protest on Wednesday in the West Bank, a Reuters photographer who witnessed the incident and a medic said.
Ziad Abu Ein, a PA minister without portfolio, was rushed by ambulance from the scene, in the village of Turmusiya, but died en route to the nearby city of Ramallah.
According to Palestinian officials, the Fatah official sustained critical injuries after an IDF soldier struck him with a helmet in the chest and from the inhalation of tear gas fired in the area, Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported.
Ziad Abu Ein, who heads the PA organization that fights against the security barrier and settlements, was involved in a scuffle with Israeli troops near Turmosiya, south of the Shiloh settlement in the northern West Bank, during which he inhaled tear gas and was hit by a soldier’s helmet or rifle butt.
ZAbu Ein collapsed at the site and was evacuated for medical care, but he died before he reached the hospital. Abu Ein was not in good health, Ynet reported.
Reut Mor, spokeswoman for Israeli human rights group Yesh Din, told The Times of Israel that Palestinian and Israeli activists were involved in a peaceful demonstration just outside Turmosiya, and IDF soldiers escalated the situation by firing tear gas and stun grenades. She said protesters and security forces faced each other in two lines, but she did not witness the scuffle in which Abu Ein was hurt.
Abu Ein, a member of Fatah’s Revolutionary Council, was extradited from the US to Israel for a 1979 terrorist bombing that killed two Israeli teens. He was released during a 1985 prisoners swap that saw three IDF soldiers captured in Lebanon set free. Hmmm....Another 'Pallywood' production making the minister a 'Martyr' on the 'battlefield'? Read the full story here, more here.
Update:
Israeli Journalist says he stood next to Pal Minister, and he was not hit by IDF
https://t.co/8Wv58rOfAT
— Gidon Shaviv (@GidonShaviv) December 10, 2014
Reliable Israeli reporter @RoySharon10 standing next to Abu Ein says he wasn't struck by soldiers. Not sure what difference it will make now
— Anshel Pfeffer (@AnshelPfeffer) December 10, 2014
& @chaimlevinson now admits he didn't see anything - damage is done https://t.co/ugrLvD7lZo #shameful @alufbenn @AnshelPfeffer @RoySharon10
— NGO Monitor (@ngomonitor) December 10, 2014
@chaimlevinson @GidonShaviv @haaretzcom @RoySharon10 It is a shame you say that now but wrote before that he was hit by a soldier
— Eytan Morgenstern (@Eytan_M) December 10, 2014
@noamr אם אני לא עיוור אז לא היתה מכת קת, בטח לא משמעותית או מכוונת. עמדתי לידו
— RoySharon (@RoySharon10) December 10, 2014
Video of Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein dying. Looks like some kind of heart failure via @bjoern_str https://t.co/iESD8ZAqnF
— Conflict News (@rConflictNews) December 10, 2014
Photo circulating shows IDF soldier choking PA minister who died shortly after. via @BklynMiddleton pic.twitter.com/VZNHwemsRd
— Conflict News (@rConflictNews) December 10, 2014
Ziad Abu Ein in better times boasts: [we] killed more Israelis than the entire war of Hamas in the Gaza strip in 2006 http://t.co/Q1mVouyu4f
— CUWI (@CUWIOfficial) December 10, 2014
#Palestinian FM says "#Israel will pay" for the murder of Ziad Abu Ein.
— Paula Slier (@PaulaSlier_RT) December 10, 2014
The Palestinian minister that died (of a heart condition, not IDF) is the man in this story from 1981. Yup, terrorist
http://t.co/Qiiw88VbMj
— AntiDouchebagIsraeli (@NotAntiSemitic) December 10, 2014
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