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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Protesters Clash with Palestinian Authority Forces amid Anger over Critic’s Death

Protesters Clash with Palestinian Authority Forces amid Anger over Critic’s Death

Sunday 27 June 2021
Nizar Banat as they carried Palestinian flags and signs demanding “the fall of the regime”. “We want a Palestine that protects the rights of its people. Our right to protest is a guaranteed right, our right to live is also guaranteed, the right to have public security is also ...
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Abbas, Palestinian Authority Facing Rising Calls for Resignation

Abbas, Palestinian Authority Facing Rising Calls for Resignation

Monday 28 June 2021 ،
Nizar Banat, outspoken critic of Abbas, called for the ouster of PA's president. Banat was killed by the Palestinian Authority security forces in detention after they raided home of the 44-year-old activist in the town of Dora in Hebron last Thursday, arresting and beating him. He later succumbe ...
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Palestinian Authority Lost Position Among People, Expects Loss in Elections: Expert

Palestinian Authority Lost Position Among People, Expects Loss in Elections: Expert

Wednesday 30 June 2021 ،
Nizar Banat at the hand of security forces has gained massive reflection among media and political circles in Palestine. The Activist was arrested and his body was returned to his family by the security forces last Thursday after a series of revelations against the PA over the provision and injectio ...
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Palestinian Women Journalists Speak out against ’Deliberate’ Attacks by PA Forces

Palestinian Women Journalists Speak out against ’Deliberate’ Attacks by PA Forces

Saturday 3 July 2021 ،
Nizar Banat while in Palestinian Security Forces custody two days earlier. The security forces chased Zaitoun, seized her phone, which she was using to film the protest, and violently attacked her with a truncheon. She was also threatened with rape. A person wearing plain clothes threatened me, t ...
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Palestinian Authority Losing Control of West Bank: Insiders, Activists

Palestinian Authority Losing Control of West Bank: Insiders, Activists

Saturday 28 August 2021 ،
Nizar Banat's death, he recalled what had happened in Egypt 40 years earlier. It reminds me of the last days of Sadat, he told Middle East Eye, on condition of anonymity for his safety. In the weeks that led up to the Egyptian president's 1981 assassination, Sadat had nearly 1,600 Egyptia ...
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Masar Badil: The New Palestinian Movement that Has Both Israel and the PA on Edge

Masar Badil: The New Palestinian Movement that Has Both Israel and the PA on Edge

Wednesday 24 November 2021 ،
Nizar Banat. The demonstrations frightened the PA as well as its Israeli allies, threatening to pose serious problems for Israel’s relatively stable security situation in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Authority, a representative body which was created as a result of the Oslo Accords ...
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Al Jazeera Reveals Details of Palestinian Activist’s Death in Custody

Al Jazeera Reveals Details of Palestinian Activist’s Death in Custody

Saturday 26 February 2022 ،
Nizar Banat, who was an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s leadership, died in June 2021 shortly after security forces stormed his home in the West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron), beat him violently and dragged him away. Quoting Dr. Samir Abu Zaarour, who was in charge ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies