Palestinian party expels minister who refused to resign over critic death
The Palestinian People’s Party announced two weeks ago that it has decided to withdraw from the PA government in protest of the death of Banat shortly after he was arrested by PA security officers.
HAMAS SUPPORTERS in Gaza take part in a protest against Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to postpone parliamentary elections, last week.(photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA/REUTERS)ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH