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Hundreds of Palestinians have gathered in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah to demonstrate against PA President Mahmoud Abbas, hoping to inject new momentum into a protest movement sparked by the death of an outspoken critic in the custody of security forces.<\/span>
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Palestinian security forces and groups of men in plainclothes violently dispersed a similar protest a week ago, drawing expressions of concern from the United States and the United Nations human rights chief. There were no immediate reports of violence at Saturday’s demonstration.<\/span>
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It has grown increasingly domineering and unpopular, and Abbas cancelled the first elections in 15 years in April when it looked like his fractured Fatah party would lose.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Saturday’s demonstration began with a few hundred protesters gathering in al-Manara Square in central Ramallah, the PA headquarters.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The mother of Nizar Banat, the activist whose death last month sparked the protests, and other family members were welcomed with applause and gave brief speeches.<\/span>
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The crowd then made a loop through downtown, gathering force as it marched until thousands could be heard chanting “The people want the fall of the regime,” and “Abbas, leave,” slogans used during the so-called Arab Spring protests that swept the Middle East in 2011.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_date_start":"2021-07-04 09:28:33","content_date_event":"2021-07-04 09:28:33","content_date_event_start":null,"content_date_event_end":null,"content_show_title_slider":1,"content_date_last_edit":"2021-07-04 16:02:20","content_date_register":"2021-07-04 09:41:23","content_columns":0,"content_show_img":1,"content_show_details":0,"content_show_related_img":0,"content_show_slider":1,"content_comment":1,"content_score":0,"tag_id":0,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"uid":44,"eid":44,"attach_title":"Hundreds of Palestinians hold protest in West Bank urging PA’s Abbas resignation\n 2","attaches":[{"sizes":{"150":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202107\/491985_3484269460_150_101.webp","300":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202107\/491985_3484269460_300_201.webp","400":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202107\/491985_3484269460_400_268.webp","600":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202107\/491985_3484269460_600_403.webp","900":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202107\/491985_3484269460_684_459.jpg","1200":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202107\/491985_3484269460_684_459.jpg"},"ext":"jpg","file_media":1,"token":3484269460,"files":{"original":{"url":".\/file\/2\/attach\/202107\/491985_3484269460.jpg","width":684,"height":459,"size":0}}}]}]]