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July 6, 2021

By Empowering the Dictatorships of Hamas and Fatah, the West Supports the Oppression of Palestinians

Had human-rights groups and the media paid attention, Nizar Banat might still be alive.

On June 24, the anti-corruption activist Nizar Banat died in the custody of Palestinian Authority (PA) police, apparently as a result of severe beatings he received at their hands. Since then, Palestinians in the West Bank have taken to the streets in protest. Khaled Abu Toameh sees these demonstrations as the culmination of an “unprecedented crackdown” that followed the PA president Mahmoud Abbas’s decision on April 29 to cancel elections.

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