Mass West Bank demonstrations against PA's assassination of critic
Occupied West Bank (QNN)- Mass demonstrations started today in Ramallah and Hebron against the Palestinian Authority's assassination of Nizar Banat.
Hundreds of Tahrir party supporters took to the streets of Ramallah and also Hebron chanting against the assassination of Banat.
The West Bank and Jerusalem saw mass protests on Thursday and Friday condemning the assassination of the PA critic.
Protesters called the PA's President, Mahmoud Abbas, to leave power.
Meanwhile, activists called for protests today at 5:00 pm Jerusalem time.
The PA's Preventative Security Service broke into the house of Banat on Thursday and arrested him. The PA announced that he died later on the same day, sparking angry protests.
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