Thread by @sakirkhader

The PA is transforming into a repressive force. For 3 weeks, the Jenin refugee camp has been under total siege, accompanied by a harsh crackdown on dissent. Disturbingly, security forces are documenting their crimes and sharing the videos publicly. Here’s what you need to know..

The so-called Palestinian rulers of the West Bank increasingly operate as an extension of the occupying force. Many of these issues have remained obscured, overshadowed by the relentless violence of Israeli forces..

On Dec 5, Palestinian security forces launched an assault on the Jenin refugee camp. The operation involved special police units, the presidential guard, intelligence operatives, and various other security divisions, all tasked with dismantling so-called “criminal” armed groups..

Snipers have positioned themselves on high buildings around the camp, including the security forces’ headquarters and the hospital. Armed government units occupy the fourth floor of Jenin Hospital, firing indiscriminately at the people and homes within the camp..

Security forces are stationed at the hospital entrance and inside its emergency unit, where they compel individuals to unlock their phones..

Those who refuse face beatings and arrests, while anyone found with “suspicious” content—often criticism of the operation—is severely beaten and detained. Protests against these actions are met with tear gas and bullets..

Security forces label civilians as agents of Iran, ISIS members, or terrorists, regardless of age. These accusations, bizarrely inconsistent, are accompanied by threats of harsh punishment and the use of overwhelming force..

Posting on social media from anywhere in Palestine—be it Hebron, Ramallah, or Jenin—now risks a sudden arrest by the Palestinian intelligence unit. In recent days, numerous individuals, including journalists, have been detained for speaking out..

Numerous videos, filmed by Palestinian forces themselves, have surfaced online. In one, a man is brought into a Palestinian intelligence headquarters with a plastic bag wrapped around his head. He pleads, saying he can’t breathe, but his captors remain indifferent..

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Here’s another video, once again filmed and proudly shared by the forces themselves. It shows them beating a man while taunting him, saying, “So, you’re talking about the ‘martyrs.’” He likely wrote something about those killed during the operation in Jenin..

Here’s yet another video, this time showing a man forced to deliver a confession and an apology under duress by the military intelligence unit. Like others, he was arrested for criticizing the Palestinian Authority’s actions in Jenin..

Voice notes are circulating in local WhatsApp groups, reportedly from security officers. In one, after snipers killed an elderly man with bullets to the heart and face..

the officers dismiss his death, saying they don’t care. Their justification: he shouldn’t have remained in the camp and should have relocated..

A disturbing video is circulating, reminiscent of Assad’s thugs, showing an intelligence officer forcing detainees to chant, “Only Allah and Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas).”

I’m deeply worried about what lies ahead. I fear even more deaths from this government’s violence against its own people. Their tyranny only breeds greater resentment. How can they attack their own so ruthlessly while remaining absent when their people are under attack?

The oppression of the Palestinian Authority has persisted for years, but opposition against them is slowly growing. Many are aware of what’s happening, yet few dare to speak out..

There’s a pervasive sense of fear—who should we fear most? The Israeli intelligence, the PA’s forces, Israeli spies, or those spying for the PA?

Torture in PA prisons has long been a grim reality, but it has escalated in severity. Detainees are chained and suspended off the ground, forced to endure the cold while naked, beaten mercilessly, and subjected to violence that leaves their teeth shattered..

Isolation cells and relentless punches to the face are routine. People are exhausted and broken by this unending brutality..

Jenin won’t be the last operation, but it will be the first that fractures the country. It’s the loyalists versus those who have endured years of oppression and occupation. It’s them versus a new generation that refuses to be silenced by fear..

Once again, a video has surfaced showing Palestinian security forces forcibly placing a Palestinian man into a garbage container. His apparent offense? Posting a critical comment on Facebook about a security operation in Jenin.