![Nizar Banat, an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority, died during his arrest by Palestinian Authority forces on June 24, 2021, officials said [File: AP/Nasser Nasser]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NazarBinat.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Banat lived the hardship of the Palestinian people and spoke with their pain, defying constant attempts to silence him.
![Palestinians wave the Palestinian flag at Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on May 21, 2021 [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_9AG6R7.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
The past few weeks have showed that Palestinians across Palestine and beyond struggle and resist as one people.
![Palestinians wave the Palestinian and Egyptian flags, as they celebrate in Gaza on February 11, 2011 following news that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had stepped down [File: AFP/ Mahmud Hams]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/000_Nic538816.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
How the Arab revolutions inspired Palestinian mobilisation in Gaza.
![A demonstrator holds a banner and Palestinian flag during a protest against the building of illegal Israeli settlements in Beit Dajan in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on January 8, 2021 [Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-08T121754Z_793231606_RC2O3L9WR9X2_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-VIOLENCE.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Palestinians should stop hoping for change of policy in Washington and move forward with their struggle for freedom.
![Jewish American author Peter Beinart speaks at an event in Atlanta on November 14, 2012 [File: AP/David Goldman]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/c5280656fa6a4a4ebc79c048e114a0e1_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Some liberal Zionists are finally becoming aware of the inherent contradiction in their views on Israel and Palestine.
![Palestinians protest against US President Donald Trump's Middle East plan in front of Israeli forces in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank [Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/c181b00903124f59be1891bd5dcc9469_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The world does not hear our stories or see our reality, why would they stand in solidarity with us?
![Some 800,000 Palestinians were forcefully expelled from their homes and land when Israel was founded in 1948 [File: Reuters/Ali Hashisho]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/8afd88f7bb7942deb4d37938ca3f10ad_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
…despite what Israel may claim.
![A woman holds a Palestinian flag during a protest demanding the right to return to their homeland, at the Israel-Gaza border fence in Gaza October 19, 2018 [File: Mohammed Salem/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/7dda6c9c6dcd42e6ae4cc1812acd7f60_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The march we started a year ago defeated our two biggest enemies: Palestinian factionalism and Israeli propaganda.
![Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat shakes hands with Israeli PM Menachem Begin at Camp David, Maryland, in September 1978 [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/8fc77dfbace84db39e3942c9209639ae_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
After Camp David and Oslo, the Palestinians are left with a political elite that no longer stands for their struggle.