i call on all palestinians to be like nizar banat. �* palestinians to be like nizar banat. . , ., , banatstinians answered the call. - banat. and palestinians- answered the call. hundreds marched on the presidential compound of abbas asking for his resignation. translation: we are protesting to condemn what happened and we will continue protesting because we are fed up, enough is enough. we're all under death threats, threats of arrest, and for our homes to be raided. we are all exposed to these security forces! ., . . forces! riot police fired tear as to forces! riot police fired tear gas to disperse _ forces! riot police fired tear gas to disperse the - forces! riot police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd i forces! riot police fired tear. gas to disperse the crowd but the anger remains. an anger so much greater because in a place where clashes between palestinians and israeli security forces are almost a daily occurrence, a palestinian activist died while in the custody of palestinian security forces. sara monetta, bbc news. in the united states, there is an epidemic which the covid

and in the occupied west bank, protesters decried the apparent killing of activist nizar banat aftere was arrested and beaten by palestinian authority forces. banat was an outspoken critic of the palestinian authority and its president mahmoud abbas. this is his widow, jihan banat. >> what are you killing us for? they will not kill all the palestinians. palestinians are not afraid of is really authority soldiers. -- not afraid of israeli soldiers. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show in ethiopia, a country being torn apart by war and famine. on tuesday, the ethiopian military bombed a marketplace in tigray region, killing at least 64 people in one of the deadliest attacks since government forces invaded the region last november. the ethiopian military has claimed all of the victims were combatants, a claim disputed by witnesses on the ground. the bombing came just a day after ethiopians voted in national and regional elections, but polls could not open in some regions due t

is, quote, deeply disturbed by nizar banat's death and ordering a transparent investigation.he was arrested. according to banat's family he was violent i ly arrested. what's the latest we know about banat's detention and death and how have people responded? >> reporter: we spoke earlier with banat's cousin before forces broke in at about 3:00 a.m. this morning. he said there were around 20 officers, some of them armed with crowbars, and they attacked banat as soon as they got into the room. he died hours later. we have seen pictures of his body, and he clearly suffered serious head injuries. the palestinian authority is promising an investigation but there is real anger here about what happens. many palestinians feel trapped between the military occupation and a palestinian authority that they see as corrupt and unaccountable. they were supposed to be some this summer but the authority called them off and people took to the streets to the west bank today in protests and chanted the people demand the fall of the regime. that chant made famous in 2011 during the arab spring. we