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Palestinians urge ‘week of rage’ as Israel plans to force-feed hunger strikers

Leaders of a mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners have called for a “week of rage” against Israel amid reports that Tel Aviv plans to bring in foreign doctors to force-feed the inmates refusing to eat. “Our people should unleash their anger and clash uninterruptedly with the Israeli occupation at seam zones,” the prisoners’ leadership said in a […]

New statement by the Palestinian Prisoners Movement: We call for urgent action to confront the plans for the prisoners’ execution

The Palestinian prisoners’ movement engaged in the Strike of Freedom and Dignity within Israeli prisons issued a new statement on 6 May, the 20th day of open hunger strike. The strike was launched on 17 April, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, by 1500 Palestinian prisoners and has been joined by a series of prominent leaders of the […]

Mass hunger strike tests Palestinian unity

Hunger strikes don’t get any easier with experience. So says the family of Palestinian prisoner Majd Ziada, who has participated in multiple collective strikes since his arrest by Israeli occupation forces in 2002. “It is as if you are carrying the weight of 15 years of imprisonment on your shoulders,” Hurriyah Ziada, Majd’s youngest sister, […]

Invoking Bobby Sands and Mandela, 95 Israelis endorse Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike

Dear Comrades, friends, and partners in the struggle, We, a group of conscientious Israeli-Jews, would like to express our deep respect and solidarity with you – the 1,500 or more Palestinians who embarked on a collective open ended hunger strike to demand your basic rights. Given the brutal measures inflicted on political prisoners around the […]

UN Chairperson of Committee against torture : Stop violations against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons

Why this is important We the undersigned organization, are seeking your intervention to stop violations against Palestinian detainees inside Israeli Prisons. Since the illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories, about 800.000 Palestinians have been detained, representing about 22% of the Palestinian population in the Occupied Territories. Currently, over 6500 Palestinians are detained inside Israeli prisons […]

Hunger strike enters second week: more strikers join Palestinian prisoners’ protest

As Palestinian prisoners enter their second week of hunger strike, the approximately 1,500 Palestinians beginning their eighth day without food continue to face a campaign of repression inside Israeli jails. Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike continue to be denied lawyers’ visits; only several prisoners held in Ofer prison have been able to receive visits from […]