More Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Protest over Israeli Regime’s Administrative Detention

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Twenty more Palestinian prisoners joined an open-ended hunger strike on Sunday, taking the number of those on hunger strike inside Israeli jails in protest over the Tel Aviv regime’s so-called administrative detention to 50, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club (PPC) said.

According to the PPC, 30 prisoners have been on hunger for 16 days in protest of their unfair detention without charge or trial.

The PPC said 28 of the 30 hunger strikers had been placed in solitary confinement in the Israeli prison of Ofer since they started the hunger strike.

Last month, administrative detainees in Israeli prisons sent a message in which they stressed that fighting back against Israel's use of administrative detention will continue.

They stated that the Israel Prison Services' actions "are no longer governed by the security obsession as an actual driver of the occupation, but rather are acts of revenge due to their past."

Israel has escalated its administrative detention policy against Palestinians as the number of administrative detainees currently exceeds 760, including minors, women and elderly.

According to the Prisoners' Affairs Commission, 80 per cent of administrative detainees are former prisoners. Most spent long periods being held as administrative detentions.

Source: Middle East Monitor