SON OF JORDAN JUDGE SHOT DEAD AT KARAMA CROSSING DIES

Amman, 29 Jumadil Awwal 1435/30 March 2014 (MINA) – The son of a Jordanian Palestinian judge who was shot by Israeli troops at the Allenby Bridge crossing earlier in March died Saturday evening in Amman.

Family members told Jordan’s daily al-Ghad newspaper that 6-year-old Alaa Raed Zieter died of a chronic disease. His doctor refused to give details, according to Ma’an News Agency report quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA).

The boy’s body was laid to rest Saturday in a cemetery in Tabarbour neighborhood in the Jordanian capital.

His father, Raed Alaa Addin Zieter, was shot dead by an Israeli soldier at crossing on March 10. Zieter was a judge at a magistrate court in Amman and was on his way to a visit to his town of origin Nablus.

The Jordanian government demanded that Israel provide it with a full report detailing the incident, and to open an investigation and inform Jordan of its results.

The killing of Palestinian-Jordanian judge Raed Zeiter by Israeli soldiers at the Allenby Bridge crossing on Monday came as part of a wave of killings of seven Palestinians by Israeli forces over a period of about 24-hours earlier this week. Maan News Agency reported as quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA).

The shooting sparked the fury of both Jordan and the Palestinians, with protesters in Amman immediately following the killing demanding the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and the abrogation of the two countries’ 1994 peace treaty.

The statement said Israel had shared the results of a preliminary inquiry with Amman, and had “agreed to a Jordanian request to establish a joint Israeli-Jordanian team to complete the investigation.”

A preliminary investigation by the army published on Tuesday claimed that Zeiter had repeatedly attacked soldiers prompting troops to open shoot him dead.

Witness at the scene Mohammad Zayd, however, disputed the Israeli army’s claims, and said that an Israeli soldier had pushed Zeiter when he delayed in returning to the bus he was traveling on after it was stopped for inspection.

When Zeiter fought back, the soldier shot him three times in the chest, Zayd added.

Zeiter was buried in his home city of Nablus in the northern West Bank earlier on Tuesday, with Jordan calling for the Israeli soldiers who shot him to be punished.(T/P04/E01)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)