Ziad Abu Ein funeral: tensions and calls for revenge in Ramallah


Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli soldiers on Thursday in Ramallah in the West Bank following the funeral of Ziad Abu Ein, a former deputy minister who was also known minister and was a popular figure of Fatah. A personality who died yesterday after clashes with Israeli security forces.


Among the huge crowd came to pay him homage, some screaming vengeance.


The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, who declared three days of mourning, denounced a barbaric act.


After the examination of the remains of Ziad Abu Ein, the conclusions of Saber al-Aloul, a Palestinian pathologist and director of the Palestinian forensic institute, suffer no ambiguity. "Death is the result, and I emphasize, of an attack. It was an attack, not an accidental death, he said.


One certainty is not shared by the head of the Israeli national forensic institute, Chen Kugel. "There is no evidence that he was struck in the chest by a weapon or other object, he said, referring to testimony in this direction. The marks on the torso are due to the actions that have been made to revive him. "


"We are sorry for the death," responded the Israeli defense minister who stressed "the importance for Israelis and Palestinians to maintain security and stability."






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