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2021-06-27 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Palestinians clash with PA officers in 3rd day of rallies over activist’s death
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[IsraelTimes] Paleostinian Authority forces fire tear gas in Ramallah; demonstrations also held in Hebron, after activist Nizar Banat died following his arrest by Paleostinian security services.
Paleostinians clashed with security forces in Ramallah on Saturday in the third day of protests following the death of a prominent critic of the Paleostinian Authority, who died earlier this week in PA custody.
Nizar Banat, known for his biting videos on social media, died on Thursday after being arrested by officers in the Paleostinian security services.
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According to Banat’s family members, they witnessed him being viciously beaten for eight minutes straight before officers dragged him off.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Ramallah’s al-Manara Circle to demonstrate against Banat’s death and call for the end of PA President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....
’s 16-year reign.
"The people want the fall of the regime," protesters chanted, a hallmark of the revolutionary 2011 protests that swept the Arab world. "Get out, leave us be."
"Abbas, you [Israeli] spy, we want to stomp on your head," others shouted.
In videos from the scene, PA security forces fired tear gas into the crowd in an apparent attempt to keep demonstrators away from the presidential offices. Others, reportedly officers in civilian clothes, can be seen dragging away a demonstrator.
"Collaborators! Collaborators!" some protesters yelled at PA forces as they sought to disperse the gathering.
An earlier Ramallah protest led by Hizbut Tahrir
...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate...
(Party of Liberation), a pan-Islamist political organization that seeks to re-establish an Islamic Caliphate and rule by Islamic religious law, had apparently ended without incident.
| We don’t often encounter Hizb-ut-Tahrir in reports about Israel. How long have they been there and what have they been doing? |
Thousands also gathered earlier on Saturday in Hebron, where Banat’s funeral was held a day earlier.
Banat, 44, had a Facebook page in which he uploaded videos critical of the Paleostinian Authority. He frequently assailed bigwigs in Ramallah for alleged corruption and their commitment to security cooperation with Israel.
His political activity brought reprisals. In December, Banat was held for several days under the PA’s controversial 2018 Cybercrimes Law, which allows Paleostinians to be charged for "slandering" officials online.
After Abbas canceled planned Paleostinian elections in April, Banat, himself a legislative candidate on an independent list, gave an interview harshly critical of the PA president to a Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,-linked television channel. A few days later, unidentified button men fired at his home in Dura, near Hebron.
Banat fled to a hideout in an Israeli-controlled part of Hebron. The West Bank city has been divided since the 1997 Hebron Protocol, which split the city into Paleostinian and Israeli-administered areas.
On Thursday morning, members of the PA security services raided the house where he was staying. According to his family, the officers stripped Banat, sprayed pepper gas in his eyes, before "viciously beating him" and dragging him away. Two hours later, his family learned that Banat was dead.
The PA has said it will conduct a full investigation with representatives from the family and human rights
...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you...
groups.
His death sparked widespread outrage among Paleostinians, leading protests to break out in Ramallah on Thursday. Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the streets, calling for the end of Abbas’s 16-year rule. They were met by police wielding batons and firing tear gas canisters.
On Friday, during the funeral procession for Banat in Hebron, protesters chanted "get out, get out, Abbas. This is the vote of all the people."
"Out, out, out, get the dogs of the PA out," others said.
A crowd of Paleostinians — appearing to number in the dozens — also gathered following Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem to chant anti-Abbas and pro-Hamas slogans. The site is the third holiest in Islam and it lies on the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site.
"The Paleostinian Authority are [Israeli] spies, from the lowest soldier to the president," the crowd called.
A spokesperson for the United States State Department has said the administration is "deeply disturbed" by Banat’s death and urged the PA to conduct a transparent investigation.
"We have serious concerns about Paleostinian Authority restrictions on the exercise of freedom of expression by Paleostinians and harassment of civil society activists and organizations," US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement.
The European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
, the Paleostinian Authority’s largest financial backer, said it was "shocked and saddened" by Banat’s death. On Tuesday, the EU backed a $425 million aid package to the Paleostinian private sector, at least $200 million of which would be channeled through PA institutions.
"Our thoughts go to his family and loved ones. [A] full, independent, and transparent investigation should be conducted immediately," the EU said in a statement.
The West Bank has seen an uptick in the arrests of activists opposed to the Paleostinian Authority since the recent 11-day battle between Israel and Hamas in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
. The fighting saw the widely-disliked PA leadership in Ramallah lose more support, as its Hamas rivals rose in popularity.
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