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Nizar Banat: Who was the Abbas critic who died in PA custody?

‘Abbas should resign. We don’t need a leader with this level of failure.’

Nizar Banat was a fierce critic of the Palestinian Authority and its president Mahmoud Abbas. He died in custody after PA security forces raided his home.

Who was he?
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