Palestinian Human Rights Activist: The Al-Aqsa Brigades Run Daily Life in the Cities, Threatening, Beating, and Killing In a recent article, Basem 'Eid, founder and director of the east-Jerusalem based Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group and former deputy director of the Israeli human rights group B'tselem, addressed the issue of the armed Palestinian gangs that terrorize the Palestinian populace in the PA territories on a daily basis. 'Eid set out proposals for restoring order, and suggested that the Palestinians ask for help from the governments of Egypt, Jordan, and possibly Turkey in ensuring security and protection for Palestinian citizens. The...