The Palestinian Prisoners Continue in Hunger Strike

PNN/ The Minster of Prisoners, Issa Qaraqa, said the meeting between the prisoners' representatives and the jailers has failed because the prisons' administrations didn't response to detainees' demands. The detainees went on hunger strike until their demands are met.

The meeting was held in Rimonim Jail with presence of Israeli intelligence officers and jailers.

The prisoners' representative Jamal al Rjoub, is a prisoner in Rimonim Jail, said that the meeting was fruitless because the Israeli side rejected all the prisoners' demands, which are considered normal absolute rights. The Israeli administration asked the prisoners to stop their strike.

He said that the jailers usually respond negatively and threaten escalation while prisoners promise go on their strike which may expand.

The main demands of the prisoners are to end the policy of isolation, allow them to continue their studies, to have satellite channels, to end the policy of collective punishment and to allow to their families to visit them without restrictions and shackles.

The prisoners' strike continues for the eighth day as the Israeli prison administration attempts to end it through isolating a number of participated prisoners into cells, and stopping family visits as a punishment.

The Israeli officers and Jailers announced the state of alarm as number of prisoners deans involved into the strike which is expected to expand more and more.

Qaraqa calls for more solidarity with the prisoners in the Israeli jails and put the Israeli government under the political and legal pressure in response to the prisoners' demands. The demands are described as human rights and Qaraqa warned of the dangerous situation inside the jails because several prisoners suffer from serious diseases and medical issues.

The number of prisoners in the Israeli Jails is 6000, including 38 women, 285 children, 270 administrative prisoners, 22 parliament members, 20 in solitary confinement and 143 who have been detained for more than 20 years. All prisoners are held throughout 22 camps and prisons inside Israel.

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