The ISM reports on the brutal murder unfortunate death of one of their members.
Akram Ibrahim Abu Sba’, member of the ISM regional committee Jenin and co-founder of one of ISM’s first permanent presences was killed by members of Islamic Jihad in the north Palestinian city of Jenin.
Akram was killed on duty, when he tried to smooth tensions between members of Palestinian security forces and members of Islamic Jihad.
Palestinian police officers and members of the security forces reported the following:
At approximately 10 pm Palestinian security forces stopped a car on Mustashfa street, near Jenin’s governmental hospital. The car driver, member of Islamic Jihads Al-Quds Brigade couldn’t show any valid registration papers for the car and so verbal clashes erupted between the people in the car and the security forces. When Akram, also member of the security forces joined the scene in order to smooth the clashes, he was shot twice in the chest by one of the men, sitting in the car. He was brought to Jenin’s governmental hospital and passed away as a consequence of his injuries.
Observations:
1. The ISM is using less harsh language to describe Abu Sba’s death (“passed away as a consequence of his injuries”) than they have used in the past to report the deaths of ISMers at the hands of Israel.
2. Notice how the ISM tries to downplay the murder, as well as the general murder and mayhem within palestinian society. Abu Sba’ is described as trying to “smooth tensions,” which is an interesting way to describe the situation of rival factions murdering each other.
3. Here we have a member of the ISM who is also a member of the palestinian “security forces” – who have been known to engage in terrorist activities against Israel. Yet the ISM denies any of its members are directly involved in terror, or in aiding terror (actually, they claim all their activists are “instructed never to touch any weapon, or even anything that resembles a weapon”).
4. What’s the bet Alan Rickman isn’t going to write a play about him?
