MIDEAST-ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS-MINISTER-FILE File of Palestinian minister fatally injured in confrontation with Israeli troops

Record ID: 398845

  • Title: MIDEAST-ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS-MINISTER-FILE File of Palestinian minister fatally injured in confrontation with Israeli troops
  • Date: 10th December 2014
  • Summary: PHOTOGRAPH OF ABU EIN WITH LATE PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT
  • Embargoed: 25th December 2014 12:00
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  • Location: West bank
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA487ZVXLC9YMU0R5RMSNUBUZJV
  • Story Text: File material showing Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein taking part in protests in the occupied West Bank in March 2010. Ein died on Wednesday (December 10) after being hit by Israeli soldiers during a protest in the West Bank.
    The minister without portfolio, who was in his early 50s, was rushed by ambulance from the scene after being struck by a hand to the neck during an altercation with two soldiers.
    He died en route to the nearby Palestinian city of Ramallah.
    About 100 foreign and Palestinian activists with the Committee to Resist Settlements and the Wall, the government-run protest organisation that Abu Ein headed, were on their way to plant trees and protest near an Israeli settlement when they were stopped at an improvised checkpoint, witnesses said.
    A group of around 15 Israeli soldiers fired tear gas at the protesters and began scuffling with them.
    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in a statement, called Abu Ein's death "a barbaric act which we cannot be silent about or accept". Announcing three days of national mourning, Abbas said he would take "necessary steps" after an investigation.
    The Israeli army was looking into the incident, a spokeswoman said, She did not immediately provide further information.
    Bilateral tensions have been fuelled in recent weeks by the killing of 10 Israelis and a foreign visitor in Palestinian attacks. More than a dozen Palestinians have been killed over the same period, including most of those accused of carrying out the assaults.
    Palestinians in Ramallah closed shops in protest at the minister's death and youths threw stones at Israeli soldiers guarding a Jewish settlement outside the city, Palestinian security sources said.
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