The Palestinian Authority’s security forces on Sunday night arrested the chairman of the student council on behalf of Hamas at Bir Zeit University, Abdel-Majid Hassan, outside his home in Ramallah, Channel 12 News reported.
Bir Zeit University said in response, "We are following with great concern the reports of the violent arrest of the student Hassan by the Palestinian security forces outside his home. We call on the Palestinian Authority to release him immediately and stop the political arrests that are being carried out illegally."