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http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...dies-confrontation-israeli-soldiers-west-bank

A senior minister in the government of the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has died following a violent confrontation with Israeli soldiers in a West Bank village near Ramallah.

Ziad Abu Ain, who deals with the issue of Israeli settlements and the separation wall, died as he was being rushed to hospital after reportedly being pushed and shoved by Israeli troops while planting olive trees in the village of Turmusiya near Ramallah.

Mahmoud Aloul, a participant in the demonstration and a member of Fatah, said that he and Abu Ain had been among several dozen protesters carrying saplings to plant in protest at Israeli land seizures when the demonstrators were assaulted by Israeli troops who fired teargas and beat some of the participants with rifle butts.

A Reuters photographer covering the demonstration, who witnessed the incident, said that the minister died after being “shoved” by Israeli troops.

Chaim Levinson, a correspondent for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz who covers affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories, posted a picture of the minister on Twitter which he said had been taken “after Abu Ain was hit by an IDF soldier”.

A Palestinian witness at the protest told Haaretz that he saw an officer from the border police hit Abu Ein with the butt of his gun and kick him.

Another photograph, published by the Palestinian Maan news website, showed Abu Ain lying on the ground after his collapse.

Confirming the minister’s death, a senior Palestine Liberation Organisation official told the Guardian: “He had gone to plant olive trees in Turmusiya for international human rights day when Israeli soldiers arrived to oppress the demonstration. There are different versions circulating about what happened but he wasn’t shot.”

Abbas said Abu Ain’s death was “barbaric” and “an act that cannot be tolerated or accepted”. “We will take the necessary measures after the results of the investigation into the incident,” he added.

This was a minister for Fatah in the West Bank, the Palestinian party that tries to cooperate with the Israeli government and is mainly seen as a puppet government in return.

 

[HK-47]

So what kind of consequences will this bring?

 

[News Bot]

So what kind of consequences will this bring?

For Israel? Fuck all.

 

[Skellig Gra]

So what kind of consequences will this bring?

There have been a lot worse things going on than this...unfortunately.

 

[FlyinJ]

So what kind of consequences will this bring?

18 new F-22 fighters, 30,000 lbs of smart bombs and 900 AR-15s all free courtesy of the USA.

(Well, courtesy of your taxes, if you live in the US)

 

[YaGaMi]

It's Israel. So it's allowed.

 

[kmax]

So what kind of consequences will this bring?

Consequences?

 

[Xe4]

Thats a poorly worded article. I thought Abbas died for a second, and I almost had a heart attack. Still sucks. In an ideal world, Israel would send that man to prison for the rest of his life and charge the rest of the squadron for shit like that, but we'll see.

 

[HK-47]

Maybe I should have worded it differently. I wasnt talking about internationally. I'm talking about between Palestine and Israel.

But of course everyone is so eager to make the same snarky cynical post.

 

[pgtl_10]

Thats a poorly worded article. I thought Abbas died for a second, and I almost had a heart attack. Still sucks. In an ideal world, Israel would send that man to prison for the rest of his life and charge the rest of the squadron for shit like that, but we'll see.

Nope.

They will "investigate" and give the soldier a slap of the wrist at most.

 

[Xe4]

Nope.

They will "investigate" and give the soldier a slap of the wrist at most.

Sad but true most likely.

 

[BlazS01]

So what kind of consequences will this bring?

Is so sad that there are no consequences at all right now...


Israel just invaded Palestina few months ago and there were no consequences WTF. Also the US has been bombing places left and right for like a decade (or more) with the justification of fighting terrorism and no one gives a shit for the innocent lives that are taken in the proccess while the cause of "fighting terrorism" haven't improved nor progressed at all.

The situation worldwide is really tragic but no one gives a shit

 

[NEO0MJ]

Just heard about this on the radio, really sad.

 

[Enco]

Consequences?

Hahahahahha oh boy.

Absolutely no consequence will be seen.

Israel can do anything and the US will keep backing it up. Gotta fight those evil moslems!11

 

[Joni]

Nope.

They will "investigate" and give the soldier a slap of the wrist at most.

That is quite optimistic. I'm expecting a 'completely unrelated' promotion.

 

[SKINNER!]

I wonder what excuse the Israeli government will have for this one. They have intel pointing to Hamas tunnels in his digestive system.

 

[FZZ]

Thats a poorly worded article. I thought Abbas died for a second, and I almost had a heart attack. Still sucks. In an ideal world, Israel would send that man to prison for the rest of his life and charge the rest of the squadron for shit like that, but we'll see.

Abbas did die.

Edit: Wait what the fuck?

A senior minister in the government of the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has died following a violent confrontation with Israeli soldiers in a West Bank village near Ramallah

Abbas said Abu Ain’s death was “barbaric” and “an act that cannot be tolerated or accepted”. “We will take the necessary measures after the results of the investigation into the incident,” he added.

That really is badly written.

 

[whatever77]

Nothing happen between Israel and Palestine will surprise me. A dirty bomb can go off tomorrow and it wouldn't surprise me.

 

[Zoc]

Abu Ain, 55, has previously been arrested and imprisoned by Israel. He was extradited from the United States in 1981 over the murder of two Israelis in Tiberias in 1979, and sentenced to life in prison, but released in 1985 in a prisoner exchange.

I'm on Palestine's side in this, but I'm also not crying over this guy's death.

 

[Currygan]

apparently he had a heart attack. Sad, but it was most likely an accident

 

[Chichikov]

So what kind of consequences will this bring?

There's a pretty good chance that the security cooperation that has been going between Israel and the Palestinian authority in the west bank will end, which will mean a 3rd intifada.
Internationally, nothing will happen.

 

[Lamel]

Tragic.

I can't really assign any blame based on that article though.