Nizar Banat, Critic of Palestinian Authority, Dies after Violent Arrest
Nizar Banat, a leading Palestinian activist and critic of the Palestinian Authority (PA), died early on Thursday, June 24, after a raid by PA security forces on his home in Dura in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron. Banat, 44, had for months been posting videos on Facebook, in which he lambasted PA President…