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Palestinian Authority official Issa Qaraqe gives a press conference in Ramallah on the large number of Palestinians staging hunger strikes in Israeli jails on April 19, 2017. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 4, 2017 | Middle East
Ramallah- The Palestinian Authority lashed out on Monday at Israel and blamed Tel Aviv for paying a monthly salary for Jewish prisoners, who are accused of killing Palestinians. Issa Qaraqe, head of the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said the...
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Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman. Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters
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,...