Another group of 15-20 people were arrested yesterday in Ramallah for intending to protest the murder by Palestinian police of Nizar Banat in June, as well as the continued imprisonment of those who had earlier been arrested for protesting people who have remained in prison for nearly two months.
Palestinian groups have issued condemnations of the new batch of arrests.
Ironically, the reasons given for the arrests include "attacking public freedoms" along with "violating national symbols."
The Independent Commission for Human Rights says that the people arrested had requested permission to hold the protests
One of those arrested was Khader Adnan, the Islamic Jihad official who became famous a while ago for his hunger strike in protest of his administrative detention by Israel.
His wife ways that he was kidnapped by people in an unmarked car and taken away. No one knows where he, or the others arrested yesterday, are now.
I don't think a hunger strike will help him in PA prison.
The EU has spent hundreds of millions over the past 25 years to supposedly teach the Palestinian Authority how to govern and protect human rights. Somehow, I don't think the "moderate" Palestinian Authority is getting the message along with the money.
