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The fatal beating of a detainee at the hands of Palestinian Authority security forces in Nablus on Tuesday was met with street protests and condemnations from Palestinian factions and human rights groups.

Ahmad Izzat Halawa, 50, was arrested during the pre-dawn hours at a home in the northern occupied West Bank city, according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.

He was taken to a Palestinian Authority compound where he reportedly “argued with security officers, who then severely beat him to death despite attempts by other security officers to rescue him,” PCHR stated.

The rights group described the incident as an “unlawful” act of “revenge” for the killing of two Palestinian security officers in Nablus last Thursday.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/fatah-militia-leader-killed-pa-forces

Palestinian PM vows to resign if PA fails to arrest all West Bank fugitives

.....Amid the ongoing security crackdown, the PA has faced wide criticism over the vague circumstances in which Palestinian fugitives have been arrested and killed.

In the wake of Halaweh’s killing, Palestinian prisoners’ rights group Addameer released a statement saying that “No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture.”

“Addameer considers the actions of the Palestinian Security Forces to be in contravention with the Convention Against Torture and other international human rights treaties,” the statement added, demanding that those involved in Halaweh’s killing be held accountable.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=772883

The Democratic Alliance is more than a counterweight to Fatah and Hamas

The unification of Palestinian leftist parties for October’s municipal elections is an accomplishment in and of itself, regardless of who wins or loses or how it affects prevailing political parties.
http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php/comment/173-the-democratic-alliance-is-more-than-a-counterweight-to-fatah-and-hamas

The need for a clear leftist alternative in Palestine

The Democratic Alliance marks Palestinian leftist parties’ seventh attempt to unify. To ensure its survival, the party must concretize its platform.
http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php/comment/179-the-need-for-a-clear-leftist-alternative-in-palestine