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== Death == |
== Death == |
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On 10 December 2014, Abu Ein took part in a protest march to plant olive trees outside the Palestinian village of [[ |
On 10 December 2014, Abu Ein took part in a protest march to plant olive trees outside the Palestinian village of [[Turmus Ayya]], near [[Ramallah]]. During the march, the group had a confrontation with Israeli soldiers, who had been dispatched to the event. During the confrontation, Abu Ein exhibited signs of physical distress, first sitting down and holding his chest and later losing consiousness. An Israeli military medic began administering [[first aid]] to an unconscious Abu Ein, but, shortly thereafter, the group of Palestinians present decided to evacuate him to a nearby health clinic in Turmus Ayya.<ref name="SkyFootage" /> He was then transferred by ambulance to a hospital in Ramallah, where he was declared dead upon arrival.<ref name="WashingtonPost" /> |
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Following the incident, numerous differing reports arose from witnesses who had been present and video of the encounter. There were numerous claims that Abu Ein had been assaulted by Israeli soldiers during the confrontation, including being choked, headbutted, and struck in the chest with a rifle butt. There is video of Abu Ein engaged in a heated altercation with Israeli soldiers, at one point being grabbed around the neck by one. Video from shortly afterward shows Abu Ein sitting down and holding his chest, before falling unconscious and being treated by an Israeli medic. He is then shown being rapidly carried away by Palestinians on the scene. Roy Sharon, an Israeli journalist who was present, stated that Abu Ein was never struck in the chest with a rifle butt.<ref name="SkyFootage">{{cite news|url=http://news.sky.com/video/1389674/soldier-row-what-footage-shows|first=Tom|last=Rayner|publisher = Sky News|title=Examining The Footage Taken Before Ziad Abu Ein's Death|date=10 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="WashingtonPost">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/senior-palestinian-official-dies-after-clash-with-israeli-forces-in-west-bank/2014/12/10/451f4616-8060-11e4-9f38-95a187e4c1f7_story.html?hpid=z4 |title=Senior Palestinian official dies after clash with Israeli forces in West Bank |date=December 10, 2014 |first1=William |last1=Booth |first2=Ruth |last2=Eglash |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> An IDF Central Command investigation |
Following the incident, numerous differing reports arose from witnesses who had been present and video of the encounter. There were numerous claims that Abu Ein had been assaulted by Israeli soldiers during the confrontation, including being choked, headbutted, and struck in the chest with a rifle butt. There is video of Abu Ein engaged in a heated altercation with Israeli soldiers, at one point being grabbed around the neck by one. Video from shortly afterward shows Abu Ein sitting down and holding his chest, before falling unconscious and being treated by an Israeli medic. He is then shown being rapidly carried away by Palestinians on the scene. Roy Sharon, an Israeli journalist who was present, stated that Abu Ein was never struck in the chest with a rifle butt.<ref name="SkyFootage">{{cite news|url=http://news.sky.com/video/1389674/soldier-row-what-footage-shows|first=Tom|last=Rayner|publisher = Sky News|title=Examining The Footage Taken Before Ziad Abu Ein's Death|date=10 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="WashingtonPost">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/senior-palestinian-official-dies-after-clash-with-israeli-forces-in-west-bank/2014/12/10/451f4616-8060-11e4-9f38-95a187e4c1f7_story.html?hpid=z4 |title=Senior Palestinian official dies after clash with Israeli forces in West Bank |date=December 10, 2014 |first1=William |last1=Booth |first2=Ruth |last2=Eglash |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> An IDF Central Command investigation has cleared the Israeli Army and the filmed officer who grabbed Abu Ein at the neck from any responsibility for the death of Abu Ein. However, Abu Ein's death will continue to be investigated further by IDF's Criminal Investigation Division due to the "sensitivity of the issue."<ref name=A7-IDFInvestigation>{{cite news|last1=Yashar|first1=Ari|title=IDF Investigation Finds Soldiers not Culpable in Abu Ein's Death|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/189595|accessdate=7 January 2015|publisher=Arutz7|date=6 January 2015}}</ref> |
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=== Autopsy === |
=== Autopsy === |
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Following Abu Ein's death, a joint [[autopsy]] was conducted with |
Following Abu Ein's death, a joint [[autopsy]] was conducted with Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli doctors. While both sides agreed that Abu Ein died from a blockage of the coronary artery due to [[Hemmorage|hemorrhaging]], they disagreed on the underlying cause of death. The Palestinian and Jordanian doctors claimed that bruises on Abu Ein's neck and missing teeth proved that the death was a result of violence. The Israeli doctors said they thought that while these injuries "could have been caused by violence, [they were] more compatible with the results of resuscitation efforts."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/world/middleeast/palestinian-official-ziad-abu-ein-death.html|title=Doctors Draw Contradictory Conclusions After Autopsy of Palestinian Official|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Isabel|last=Kershner|date=December 11, 2014}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 20:58, 22 April 2015
Ziad Abu Ein (1959 – 10 December 2014)[1] was a Palestinian politician. He was a member of the Fatah political party, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and a senior minister in the Palestinian Authority. He was the first Palestinian to be extradited from the United States to Israel, where he served time in prison for his role in a bombing against Israeli civilians. He died from a heart attack following an altercation with Israeli soldiers during a Palestinian protest in the West Bank.[2]
Biography
Ziad Abu Ein first served time in an Israeli prison at 18, before fleeing to the United States. He was then extradited from the United States back to Israel, where he was sentenced for planting a bomb in 1979 in Tiberias which killed two Israeli youths.[3] He was released as part of the 1985 Jibril Agreement.[3] After several months, he was rearrested, based on suspicions that he was plotting to hijack a bus.[4][5] During the Second Intifada he was held in administrative detention.[6]
Death
On 10 December 2014, Abu Ein took part in a protest march to plant olive trees outside the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah. During the march, the group had a confrontation with Israeli soldiers, who had been dispatched to the event. During the confrontation, Abu Ein exhibited signs of physical distress, first sitting down and holding his chest and later losing consiousness. An Israeli military medic began administering first aid to an unconscious Abu Ein, but, shortly thereafter, the group of Palestinians present decided to evacuate him to a nearby health clinic in Turmus Ayya.[7] He was then transferred by ambulance to a hospital in Ramallah, where he was declared dead upon arrival.[8]
Following the incident, numerous differing reports arose from witnesses who had been present and video of the encounter. There were numerous claims that Abu Ein had been assaulted by Israeli soldiers during the confrontation, including being choked, headbutted, and struck in the chest with a rifle butt. There is video of Abu Ein engaged in a heated altercation with Israeli soldiers, at one point being grabbed around the neck by one. Video from shortly afterward shows Abu Ein sitting down and holding his chest, before falling unconscious and being treated by an Israeli medic. He is then shown being rapidly carried away by Palestinians on the scene. Roy Sharon, an Israeli journalist who was present, stated that Abu Ein was never struck in the chest with a rifle butt.[7][8] An IDF Central Command investigation has cleared the Israeli Army and the filmed officer who grabbed Abu Ein at the neck from any responsibility for the death of Abu Ein. However, Abu Ein's death will continue to be investigated further by IDF's Criminal Investigation Division due to the "sensitivity of the issue."[9]
Autopsy
Following Abu Ein's death, a joint autopsy was conducted with Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli doctors. While both sides agreed that Abu Ein died from a blockage of the coronary artery due to hemorrhaging, they disagreed on the underlying cause of death. The Palestinian and Jordanian doctors claimed that bruises on Abu Ein's neck and missing teeth proved that the death was a result of violence. The Israeli doctors said they thought that while these injuries "could have been caused by violence, [they were] more compatible with the results of resuscitation efforts."[10]
References
- ^ "Palestinian minister dies at protest". Al Jazeera. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ Kershner, Isabel; Ghazali, Said (10 December 2014). "Calls for Calm After Palestinian Official Dies During Protest in the West Bank". New York Times. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ a b Friedman, Thomas L. (21 May 1985). "ISRAELI COALITION SEEMS IMPERILED".
Ziad Abu Ein, a 25-year-old convicted by an Israeli court of planting a bomb in Tiberias in 1979 that killed two Israeli teen-agers
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Bar-Yosef, Avinoam (19 December 1985). "Trial Begins for Terrorist Released in Jibril Agreement". Maariv. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ Cabinet Again Delays Discussion on Death Penalty for Terrorist Killers, JTA, August 5, 1985
- ^ Abu Toameh, Khaled (11 December 2014). "Profile: Who was Ziad Abu Ein?". Jerusalem Post.
- ^ a b Rayner, Tom (10 December 2014). "Examining The Footage Taken Before Ziad Abu Ein's Death". Sky News.
- ^ a b Booth, William; Eglash, Ruth (December 10, 2014). "Senior Palestinian official dies after clash with Israeli forces in West Bank". Washington Post.
- ^ Yashar, Ari (6 January 2015). "IDF Investigation Finds Soldiers not Culpable in Abu Ein's Death". Arutz7. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ Kershner, Isabel (December 11, 2014). "Doctors Draw Contradictory Conclusions After Autopsy of Palestinian Official". The New York Times.