[News] Palestinian organizations respond to killing of Omar Nayef Zayed in Bulgaria
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Palestinian organizations respond to killing of Omar Nayef Zayed
in Bulgaria
<http://samidoun.net/2016/02/palestinian-organizations-respond-to-killing-of-omar-nayef-zayed-in-bulgaria/>
by samidoun <http://samidoun.net/?author=1>
Palestinian political parties, community and human rights organizations
responded to thekilling of Omar Nayef Zayed
<http://samidoun.net/2016/02/breaking-omar-nayef-zayed-assassinated-inside-palestinian-embassy-in-bulgaria/>in
Sofia, Bulgaria, in the Palestinian embassy with strong denunciations
and demands for action. Nayef Zayed, 52, had taken refuge in the
Palestinian embassy since December 2015, as he was being pursued for
extradition by Bulgarian police after the Israeli embassy requested he
be turned over under the European Convention on Extradtion. He had
escaped Israeli prison in 1990 following a 40-day hunger strike and
hospitalization, and had escaped Palestine, eventually coming to
Bulgaria, where he lived for the past 22 years, marrying his wife Rania,
a Bulgarian citizen and raising three children.
An international campaign was mobilized to fight the extradition attempt
as Nayef Zayed remained within the embassy, whose walls cannot be
breached by the host state. He was found dead on the morning of 26
February in the embassy's garden; his family and Palestinian
organizations have denounced the killing as an Israeli operation, while
Israeli media have speculated on the likelihood of a Mossad
assassination of Nayef Zayed. The family has also highlighted the role
of the Palestinian Authority and the embassy in his death, saying that
he was not appropriately protected - it is claimed the embassy had no
security cameras or alarm system - and was instead constantly placed
under pressure to leave the embassy throughout his time there.
A series of Palestinian organizations' responses to the killing of Nayef
Zayed are below, beginning with his own Palestinian political party, the
leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine:
*Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
<http://pflp.ps/english/2016/02/26/pflp-mourns-and-salutes-the-martyr-comrade-omar-nayef-zayed-assassinated-in-bulgaria/>:
*The PFLP statement (in English) denounced the killing of "Comrade Omar
Nayef Zayed, the former Palestinian political prisoner and lifelong
struggler for the freedom of Palestine, assassinated this morning in the
Palestinian embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria." The statement continued:
"We in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hold fully
responsible for this nefarious crime the Zionist State and the Israeli
Mossad who targeted Comrade Omar Nayef Zayed for assassination, as we
hold responsible the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Embassy
in Bulgaria who failed to protect him and his security, and the
Bulgarian government and security forces who pursued Comrade Nayef Zayed
for arrest and imprisonment for over three months. We note the full
responsibility of the Palestinian Authority at the highest levels for
failing to protect Comrade Nayef Zayed from assassination, up to and
including PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki
and Ambassador Ahmad al-Madbouh.
This crime took place as the highest officials of the Palestinian
Authority met with the highest officials of the Bulgarian state in
Ramallah, with no apparent demands made for our pursued comrade, the
martyr Omar Nayef Zayed.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine vows to pursue in all
ways the truth of the assassination of the martyr Comrade Omar Nayef
Zayed, to stand by the family of our martyred comrade, and to hold
accountable those responsible for his targeting and assassination. We
pledge as always to remain on his path of unremitting struggle for
liberation of Palestine, its land and people, as he joins the convoy of
the great martyrs of our people whose lives have been taken inside and
outside Palestine by the murderous Zionist colonial project."
*Palestinian Prisoners' Society:
<http://www.maannews.net/Content.aspx?id=831177>* The Palestinian
Prisoners' Society stated that they were gravely concerned about the
fate of freed Palestinian prisoners around the world in light of the
assassination of Omar Nayef Zayed in the Palestinian embassy in
Bulgaria. They demanded a serious investigation into this crime, coming
after over 2 months of the Israeli occupation authorities demanding that
the Bulgarian authorities arrest and turn him over for imprisonment.
They called for urgently providing full protection to prisoners inside
Israeli jails and freed prisoners as a national and international
responsibility.
*Islamic Jihad <http://www.maannews.net/Content.aspx?id=831166>*:
Islamic Jihad denounced the assassination of Omar Nayef Zayed inside the
Palestinian embassy in Bulgaria on Friday, 26 February, saying the
Israeli state bears responsibility for the crime. Spokesperson Daoud
Shehab said that "The one who gave the order to assassinate him is the
same which directs the terrorism against our children and youth....the
same who insist on continuing the imprisonment of journalist Mohammed
al-Qeeq in order to kill him."
Furthermore, Shehab said, this raises urgent questions about the
situation in Palestinian embassies in Europe and internationally,
including the role of ambassadors, staff and security personnel in the
embassy. "Is security coordination practiced there as well, and play a
role in the persecution of our people in exile?" he asked.
*Hamas <http://www.maannews.net/Content.aspx?id=831210>*: Ismail
Haniyeh, deputy chair of the Political Bureau of Hamas, said that the
assassination of Omar Nayef Zayed was a "stain on the conscience of the
international community, ane evidence of the continuing occupation
crimes in light of security coordination and security weaknesses." He
said that the crime could not have taken place without the weakness of
the security of the Palestinian embassy in Bulgaria.
Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri
<http://www.maannews.net/Content.aspx?id=831198> declared that Israel is
responsible for the assassination of former prisoner Omar Nayef Zayed
inside the Palestinian embassy in Bulgaria. He also demanded the
resignation of Palestinian Authority foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki
and Ambassador Ahmad al-Madhbouh, for their responsibility for the crime
taking place inside the Palestinian embassy, calling for them to be
tried because of the killing in the embassy and, at best, the failure to
protect Nayef Zayed.
*Fateh*: <http://www.maannews.net/Content.aspx?id=831192> Fateh said
that the Israeli occupation has full responsibility for the killing of
Omar Nayef Zayed, saying that the Palestinian leadership has formed a
commission of inquiry into the crime. Fateh spokesperson Osama Qawasmeh
denounced Hamas's position, accusing them of "political opportunism" and
"reckless accusations," and defending the Palestinian embassy in
Bulgaria, saying they refused to turn over Nayef Zayed despite pressure
against them.
*Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine:*
<http://www.maannews.net/Content.aspx?id=831187>Tayseer Khaled, member
of the Political Bureau of the DFLP, said that evidence indicates the
Israeli Mossad is responsible for the assassination of Omar Nayef Zayed,
calling for a national committee including independent Palestinian
organizations, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
the Palestinian Embassy in Bulgaria to investigate the killing of Nayef
Zayed and report to the Executive Committee of the PLO.
*Popular Resistance Movement in Palestine
<http://www.maannews.net/Content.aspx?id=831178>:* The Popular
Resistance Movement called for an immediate investigation into the
assassination of Omar Nayef Zayed in Bulgaria, saying that it bears the
marks of the Israeli Mossad. They also said that the Bulgarian
authorities are responsible for the assassination of Nayef Zayed, by
forcing him into the embassy by threatening him with extradition to the
Israeli occupation.
*The Palestinian National Initiative
<http://www.maannews.net/Content.aspx?id=831162>:* The PNI condemned the
assassination of Omar Nayef Zayed in Bulgaria on Friday. Mustafa
Barghouti, the general secretary of the PNI, called for a comprehensive
investigation as to what occurred in the killing of Zayed, as well as
accountability from Bulgarian officials about this crime and its
consequences.
*Palestinian Arab Front
<http://www.maannews.net/Content.aspx?id=831327>*: The Palestinian Arab
Front denounced the assassination of former prisoner and struggler Omar
Nayef Zayed in the Palestinian embassy in Bulgaria, saying that the
occupation and its intelligence services are responsible for the crime
and that "the assassination on foreign soil within the walls of the
Palestinian embassy is a violation of all legal and ethical norms and a
blatant defiance of diplomatic roles." It also demanded that the PA
provide better security services and equipment for Palestinian embassies
internationally.
*Palestinians in Europe Conference*
<http://english.palinfo.com/site/pages/details.aspx?itemid=77057>: The
Palestinians in Europe Conference strongly condemned the crime targeting
the Palestinian ex-prisoner Omar Nayef Zayed, considering it a
“dangerous precedent". The conference called for serious investigation
into the crime and for holding accountable those responsible for the
assassination including the Palestinian embassy and the Bulgarian
authorities.
**February 27, 2016 http://wp.me/p2cx3f-2Da
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