[Link] The Palestinian Authority’s crackdown on protest shows it will never serve its own people

Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

On 24 June, Nizar Banat, a longtime activist and outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority (PA), was reportedly arrested and beaten outside his cousin’s home in Hebron by the authority’s security forces – he died in custody shortly after.

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