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Families of Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails demonstrate in front of the Red Cross offices in east Jerusalem on May 17, 2017. (AFP Photo/AHMAD GHARABLI)

Palestinian Prisoners in Israel End Mass Hunger Strike

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 27, 2017 | Middle East

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Saturday ended a 40-day hunger strike over their conditions in Israeli jails under a deal brokered by the Red Cross, the Israel Prisons Service and a Palestinian official said. About 1,100 inmates had initially taken part in one of...

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Roumieh Prison (NNA)

Lebanese ‘Terrorism’ Inmates Suspend Hunger Strike

by Youssef Diab | May 20, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese extremist prisoners accused of terrorism suspended their hunger strike till after Ramadan month after a week of “empty stomachs” battle which was launched by 900 prisoners demanding general amnesty. Health conditions of dozens of inmates suffering...

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A Hebron man demonstrates in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on a hunger strike in protest against being held in administrative detention. (Reuters)

26 Palestinian Journalists Arrested by Israel Go on Hunger Strike

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 3, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Palestinian journalists endure very complicated and harsh conditions compared to many of their colleagues around the world. Every one of them is exposed at any moment to Israeli bullets, assault or and arrest. Journalists in the Palestinian...

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Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman. Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters

Faced by Prison Hunger Strikes, Lieberman to Follow in Thatcher’s Footsteps

by Nazir Majli | Apr 20, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv, Ramallah- Hunger strikes in Israeli prisons have entered their third day with Israeli authorities going into penal measures exacted on protesters aiming to better their conditions. Rather than negotiating Palestinian prisoners partaking in the strikes,...

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A Palestinian protester hurls stones towards Israeli troops during clashes at the Israeli Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus, October 16, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmad Talat

Mother of Palestinian Hunger Strikers: I Reject Seeing them Defeated

by Taha Abed alWahed | Aug 18, 2016 | Middle East

Bethlehem-Sanaa Alayan continuously thinks about the health conditions of her two sons Dr. Mohammed al-Balboul and Lieutenant Mahmoud al-Balboul who went on a hunger strike 45 days ago to protest their administrative detention in Israeli prisons. Alayan can do nothing...