Sit-in protest tent inside Bethlehem University
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Student groups at Bethlehem University have set up a sit-in tent in support of detainees on hunger strike.
The student senate at the university also suspended several classes in order to hold events in support of the strike.
Palestinians jailed in Israel went on a mass hunger strike on Sept. 27 to protest harsh conditions imposed since Israel toughened restrictions on them in a bid to force the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Thousands of demonstrators staged rallies in the West Bank and Jerusalem this week to support prisoners who are refusing food.
According to the minister for prisoner affairs in Ramallah, around 6,000 Palestinians are currently detained in Israeli prisons.
The student senate at the university also suspended several classes in order to hold events in support of the strike.
Palestinians jailed in Israel went on a mass hunger strike on Sept. 27 to protest harsh conditions imposed since Israel toughened restrictions on them in a bid to force the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Thousands of demonstrators staged rallies in the West Bank and Jerusalem this week to support prisoners who are refusing food.
According to the minister for prisoner affairs in Ramallah, around 6,000 Palestinians are currently detained in Israeli prisons.
Maan News Agency
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