Palestinian PM Fayyad also present at the weekly West Bank anti-separation wall demonstration where Jawaher Abu Rahmah was critically injured, died a day after.
The PA harshly condemned the killing, calling it a "war crime".

The Palestinians have vowed to revenge the death of 36-year-old Jawaher Abu Rahma who died Saturday after having inhaled tear gas in an anti-fence protest in Bilin Friday, while
the IDF continues to investigate the event.

The IDF sources say Abu Rahmah's death may have been the result of an asthmatic condition compounded by the tear gas, and that if the gas had been any different than usual more people who have been negatively affected by it.

Israeli Leftish protesters demonstrated in Tel-Aviv next to the security office over the killing in Bilin, blocked the street and confronted with the police. 8 protesters were arrested by the police, including former Knesset member Mosi Raz.


Published 01.01.11

A resident of the West Bank village of Bil'in died on Saturday morning in a Ramallah hospital after she was exposed to tear gas that was shot by IDF soldiers to disperse the crowd of demonstrators against the separation wall in the village on Friday.

Jawaher Abu Rahmah, 36 years old, was the sister of Bassem Abu Rahmah, who was killed by an extended-range tear gas projectile fired at his chest by IDF soldiers at a demonstration against the separation wall in Bil'in on April 17, 2009.

Weekly demonstrations against the fence have been held in Bil'in for the past five years, where villagers say the barrier unjustly separates them from their lands. In 2007, the Supreme Court accepted these arguments and ruled that the route of the fence should be moved, and that some 170 acres of land be returned to the villagers. The IDF has yet to implement the court's decision.

The weekly demonstrations against the separation wall set out from the village under the banner 'The Last Day of the Wall.' Although the IDF announced that the area was a closed military zone and set up a number of roadblocks around the village, hundreds of Palestinian, Israel and international demonstrators succeeded in reaching the center of the village by foot.

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was also present at the demonstration in order to show support for the Palestinian popular struggle in Bil'in and throughout the West Bank. Fatah youth from various locations across the West Bank came to the village on Friday to participate in the demonstration.

Over the course of the demonstration, activists succeeded in tearing three holes in the chain-link fence that comprises the separation barrier in Bil'in, and in removing a section of it, which they later mounted on display in the center of the village.

Demonstrators reported that IDF soldiers shot massive amounts of tear gas into the village, and that they felt that the tear gas was especially potent. After Abu Rahmah choked on the gas, she was taken to a hospital in Ramallah.

The doctors that treated Abu Rahmah told her family that she was not responding to their treatment. Over the course of the night, her condition worsened, and she died at nine o'clock in the morning on Saturday.

The IDF spokesperson has yet to issue an official public statement regarding the incident, but some IDF sources have said that there was no irregular use of tear gas at Friday's demonstration.

The IDF sources say Abu Rahmah's death may have been the result of an asthmatic condition compounded by the tear gas, and that if the gas had been any different than usual more people who have been negatively affected by it.

The sources added that the incident was under investigation and that they are awaiting clarifications from Palestinian medical officials, as they have up until now received inconsistent reports from the Palestinian side.



Palestinians vow revenge following protestor's
The Palestinians have vowed to revenge the death of 36-year-old Jawaher Abu Rahma who died Saturday after having inhaled tear gas in an anti-fence protest in Bilin Friday, while the IDF continues to investigate the event.

Palestinian leadership described the death as a war crime. "We condemn this abominable crime by the Israeli occupation army in Bilin against people taking part in a peaceful demonstration and consider it an Israeli war crime against our people," chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat told AFP.



The Abu Rahma family's attorney responded to the news by saying: "The son was killed in a direct hit, the daughter was strangled with gas. They are two bold protestors in the face of a government which kills innocent people and does not question its criminals. We shall not keep quiet, we shall not yield or spare any means until justice is served and it will be served."

Muhammad Abu Rahma, Jawaher's uncle related Friday's events. "She attended every protest in the last five years. Yesterday we were subjected to unprecedented amounts of tear gas and Jawaher was caught in an enormous gas cloud. She could not escape, lost consciousness and inhaled large quantities of gas.




"This is the second loss we have experience in two years and we are shocked," he said. "This is a legitimate campaign against Israel's illegal activity."

Jonathan Pollack of Anarchists Against the Wall said: "She suffered asphyxiation as a result of tear gas inhalation during the protest in Bilin and was taken to the hospital unconscious. She was diagnosed with severe poisoning as a result of the tear gas and did not respond to medical treatment."



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