Seven Palestinian factions, including Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, condemned the wave of "political" arrests against political leaders, activists and ex-prisoners by the Palestinian Authority across the occupied West Bank.

The factions panned the "serious violation of law" and called on the Palestinian Authority to "immediately stop practicing this policy" and to "immediately release all political detainees."

The joint statement added that the Palestinian Authority's actions "do not contribute to creating a positive atmosphere ahead of the call to hold a meeting of the general secretaries to achieve national unity in the face of the project to annex the West Bank and judaize Jerusalem."