PA steps up crackdown on Hamas, Islamic Jihad members
The Palestinian Authority drew sharp criticism for its crackdown on Hamas and other faction members, which it stepped up recently.
Palestinian demonstrators attend an anti-Palestinian Authority protest, forty days after the death of Nizar Banat, a critic of the Palestinian Authority, Ramallah in the West Bank August 2, 2021.(photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMAD TOROKMAN)Updated: