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A demonstration against the trial of a prominent anti-occupation figure who was killed by Israeli forces this week turned violent in the West Bank capital of Ramallah on Sunday morning, with dozens of people reported injured.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/protest-ramallah-pa-forces-israel-palestine-basil-al-araj-court-1728155748

http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=775910

Basil al-Araj assassinated by Israeli occupation forces after PA imprisonment and months in hiding

In a pre-dawn raid attacking a home in el-Bireh, Basil al-Araj, 31, Palestinian youth activist and writer pursued by Israel for nearly a year, was assassinated by invading Israeli occupation forces this morning.

Al-Araj, from the village of Walaja near Bethlehem, fought back and resisted the invading forces for two hours before the attacking occupation soldiers broke into the home where he was staying and executed him at close range. They then seized his body and took it to an unknown location.

The attack on the home included rocket fire as well as al-Araj’s extrajudicial execution in a hail of bullets. Al-Araj’s family home in al-Walaja had been repeatedly raided by occupation forces for months.

Al-Araj, a writer and activist involved in a wide array of Palestinian grassroots struggles for liberation, was among the Palestinian youth dedicated to reviving the Palestinian national liberation movement. One of six Palestinian youth released from Palestinian Authority prisons after nearly six months of detention when they launched a hunger strike, Al-Araj and other youth had been seized in April in what was touted as a victory for security coordination between the PA and Israel. While they were imprisoned by the PA, they were subject to torture and ill-treatment by PA security forces.
http://samidoun.net/2017/03/basil-al-araj-executed-by-israeli-occupation-forces-after-pa-imprisonment-and-months-in-hiding/

Protest, outrage follow assassination of Palestinian youth leader Basil al-Araj by occupation forces
http://samidoun.net/2017/03/protest-outrage-follow-assassination-of-palestinian-youth-leader-basil-al-araj-by-occupation-forces/