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Published on: 05/01/2025 | 00:00:00
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The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) ban on Al Jazeera is part of a broader attempt to silence criticism of its security operation in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The ban comes almost a month after the PA launched a crackdown on a coalition of armed groups that call themselves the Jenine Brigades. Since early December, the PA has cut off water and electricity to most of the inhabitants. Israel has used the last 30 years to expand illegal settlements on large swaths of stolen Palestinian land, nearly tripling the number of settlers in the occupied West Bank. As an occupying power, it still controls most aspects of Palestinian life and frequently carries out raids, killings and arrests. In 2021, the PA arrested critic and activist Nizar Banat, who died in custody. Hamas and PIJ are not puppets and remain rooted in their quest to resist Israel’s occupation, according to a report by the European Council on Foreign Relations. The PA’s main donors are the United States and Europe, whose stances often conflict with wider Palestinian aspirations and views. Some of these PA-affiliated pages claim the men belong to an “extremist” battalion called 313, which is also the name of a unit that fights with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Sanad said the video was never uploaded on any social media pages affiliated with the Jenin Brigades and “appears to have been created to mislead the public”. “[Civil servants] risk being punished if they are considered absent [at these pro-PA protests],” the source said
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