Palestinian Authority steps up crackdown on activists, rivals in West Bank
Hamas sources said that the crackdown was one of the fruits of the ongoing security coordination between the PA and Israel.
PALESTINIAN POLICEMEN face off against demonstrators in Ramallah in June, during protests following the death of Nizar Banat, a critic of the Palestinian Authority. (photo credit: MOHAMAD TOROKMAN/REUTERS)ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH