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Hundreds of protesters call for Abbas to resign over death of PA critic

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Published: 6 July 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Palestinians in Ramallah call for ‘the fall of the regime’; women, especially female journalists, assaulted by PA security forces during protests

Hundreds of protesters call for Abbas to resign over death of PA critic (Times of Israel)
Palestinians in Ramallah call for ‘the fall of the regime’; unlike previous rallies, Palestinian forces refrain from violently dispersing crowds

Palestinians protest activist's killing, call on Abbas to step down (Jerusalem Post)
The demonstrations were organized by various Palestinian factions and youth groups despite warnings by the PA and the ruling Fatah faction

As Palestinians protest death of Abbas opponent, women are assaulted in response (Haaretz)
While senior PA officials understand the political damage caused by the killing of Nizar Banat, Fatah is questioning the demonstrators’ loyalty, with female journalists especially targeted

Israel arrests Palestinian rights lawyer who protested Abbas (AP)

Photo: Demonstrators call for an end to President Mahmoud Abbas's rule during a rally in Ramallah on July 3 (Aaron Boxerman)

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