Palestinian hunger strike gains traction
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HUNDREDS of Palestinians in Israeli prisons were observing a hunger strike yesterday, in a new wave of protest that Palestinian officials said was expected to grow.
Some of the strikers accused Israeli jailers of “harassment” while others refused food in solidarity with prisoner Bilal Kayed, who has been fasting for 52 days over his detention without trial, Palestinian officials said.
An Israeli prison official said that a large part of the protest seemed to be in response to a decision to hold prisoners from the militant movement Hamas in separate cells.
The Palestinian Prisoners Club said in a statement that 80 prisoners stopped eating yesterday, joining 325 who have been fasting for the past two days at various prisons in Israel and the occupied West Bank. It said more were expected to join the hunger strike from tomorrow.
The Palestinian Authority detainee affairs commission said inmates are protesting a prison crackdown this week in which some inmates were placed in solitary confinement, personal belongings were seized and prisoners were moved to other facilities.
It said that hunger strikers were being fined 600 shekels (US$158) each and forbidden visits for two months.
The Israel Prisons Service said that during the week it had moved Hamas prisoners, searched cells and seized mobile phones.
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