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It has ignored Palestinians with Israeli citizenship in terms of representation and demands. It has even negated the right of return for refugees. We’re Palestinians who want to be Palestinian, who want to say “Palestinian from the river to the sea.” And the Palestinian Authority allowed Israel to confine us to the West Bank and Gaza. When we hear the Palestinian Authority say fears like it’s Hamas, it reminds me a lot of the same narrative that Israel officials say: “Well Hamas.” Palestinians are resisting, but, “No, it’s Hamas.” And it’s this attempt to criminalize us. They colluded with Israeli colonialism against Palestinians in Gaza. The Palestinian Authority put sanctions on Gaza when Gaza was being brutally attacked by Israel, when it was being starved by Israel, when its electricity was being also cut by Israel. And the Palestinian Authority did this for Israel. And it was a one-way street, where Palestinians are being handed over to Israel for vocalizing their complete refusal of anything that means colonialism, of anything that means ethnic cleansing. The Palestinian Authority has adhered to the agreement of security coordination with Israel based on the Oslo Accords. So, the Palestinian Authority has often collaborated with Israel at the expense of Palestinians. The only consistency is that the violence, in all of its forms and different uniforms, sustains Israeli colonialism.” Could you explain why you think that’s the case? And also, respond to the argument by the Palestinian Authority that their fear is centered around Hamas. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Mariam, you write in your piece that, quote, “The horrors, like those of Israeli crimes, are too ubiquitous to describe. And the only thing that is being protected are the security forces, the regime complex. And what is happening is a complete assault on Palestinian rights, on Palestinian lives, on Palestinian voices. The Palestinian Authority now is acting like a police state without the state. The Palestinian Authority is a regime that was created through the 1994 Oslo Accords, and it was meant to serve as an interim government for civil administration of Palestinian affairs. OK, why don’t you lay out who is the Palestinian Authority, and who are they protecting, Mariam? Her recent op-ed in The Washington Post is headlined “Who is the Palestinian Authority protecting? Not us.” This comes as the Israeli newspaper Ynet reported last week the Palestinian Authority is attempting to buy tear gas canisters, stun grenades and other nonlethal munitions from Israel.įor more, we go to Ramallah, where we’re joined by Mariam Barghouti, Palestinian writer. On Saturday, hundreds of Palestinians protested in Ramallah, calling for Abbas to step down. We woke up while they were beating Nizar with their metal sticks on his head.ĪMY GOODMAN: Nizar Banat had run on behalf of an opposition party in the parliamentary elections that President Mahmoud Abbas would eventually call off. When they broke in, we were sleeping, and Nizar, too. And they were from the preventative forces.

#Police state democracy 3 windows

They broke the windows and opened the door of the room where we were sleeping. Suddenly, we heard noise of breakthrough. HUSSEIN BANAT: We were at home at 3:30 a.m. For two months, he has been away from home. They wanted to kill Nizar, because they targeted our bedroom. JIHAN BANAT: Two months ago, there was a shooting toward us from unknown people. This is Nizar Banat’s wife, Jihan Banat, and relative, Hussein Banat. Hours after his detention, he was declared dead. Relatives who witnessed the attack say Banat was beaten before his arrest. He was arrested June 24th by PA forces, who broke into a relative’s house where he was staying in the town of Dura. We turn now to the occupied West Bank, where the Palestinian Authority is facing intense criticism for violently cracking down on Palestinian protesters in recent weeks, following the death of the human rights activist Nizar Banat in Palestinian Authority custody. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!,, The War and Peace Report.