Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - Palestinian Knesset Member Ahmad Tibi said Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak bears responsibility for the death of a diabetic at a West Bank checkpoint, Israeli media reported.
"Ehud Barak is personally responsible for his cruel death. The orders at roadblocks require the humiliation and oppression of a civil population, and the person who issued the order is responsible for the death of a Palestinian-French civilian," said Tibi according to the Israeli daily Yedioth Aharonoth.
Mohammad Damen Abed Al-Karim E'lieyat, 62, from the village of Dir Abu Da'eef in Jenin, was en route to the Jordan Valley but was barred from transit for several hours at the Al-Hamra checkpoint in Tubas. E'lieyat, diabetic with high blood pressure, died of a severe heart attack shortly after being allowed to cross.
E'lieyat made several attempts to cross but was turned back by Israeli authorities who said that he was unable to pass because he held French citizenship.
An Israeli military spokesman told Ma'an that a complaint was filed with the Jericho DCO following the death.
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