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Why is the Palestinian Authority cracking down on opposition?


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SOURCE: http://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/1/25/analysis-palestinian-authority-cracking-down-on-opposition
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Summary

In recent months, PA has been violently obstructing prisoner release celebrations and funeral processions for Palestinians killed by Israel.Ramallah, occupied West Bank – The Palestinian Authority (PA) has intensified its crackdown on political opponents in the Israeli-occupied West Bank over the past months, analysts say.The PA run by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party has since November obstructed welcome events held upon the release of Palestinian prisoners affiliated with other political parties, particularly the Gaza-based resistance groups, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).Perhaps more controversially, funeral processions for Palestinians killed by Israel – whom Palestinians sacredly refer to as “martyrs” – have also been disrupted by PA security forces in an effort to suppress public displays of support for rival parties.On several occasions, PA security forces turned violent, including the firing of tear gas at crowds, carrying out preemptive arrests of event participants, forceful confiscation of Hamas, PIJ and supporters of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) party flags, and firing live ammunition into the air.Last month, a young Palestinian man, 24-year-old Amir al-Leddawi, died due to injuries he sustained when his vehicle flipped over, which his family says happened as he was being chased by a PA security force vehicle after he participated in a procession to celebrate the release of 61-year-old Hamas leader Shaker Amara in Jericho.PA officials said they launched an investigation into the youth’s death – the results of which are yet to be announced.Yousif al-Zumur, head of the investigation committee formed in Jericho’s Aqabat Jabr refugee camp – where al-Leddawi’s family resides – told Al Jazeera that the investigation will be completed by January 30, after which the results will be announced publicly.In late November, during the funeral of 14-year-old Amjad Abu Sultan who was shot dead by Israeli forces in the village of Beit Jala, west Bethlehem, undercover security forces – in plainclothes – raided the procession and forcefully prevented mourners from carrying Hamas, PIJ and PFLP flags by confiscating and breaking them.The PFLP responded in a statement saying the PA and its security services should “assume their responsibilities in ending their irresponsible campaigns, threats and systematic incitement against political parties, opponents and activists”, while Hamas said “this only serves the [Israeli] occupation and its policies of persecuting resistance in the West Bank.”The number of raids on welcome processions for freed prisoners notably increased days after the funeral of Wasfi Qabha, a Hamas leader and former minister in Jenin city in the northern occupied West Bank in mid-November.

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