Israel: Is The Agreement With The Palestinian Prisoners Empty Of Content?

Demonstration of support for Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons on 16 April 2017 in Nablus, West Bank.

Nearly 1,000 Palestinian detainees held in Israel ended their hunger strike on Friday (May 26th). After 40 days without feeding to denounce their conditions of detention, an agreement was reached with the Israeli penitentiary services. However, some details of the agreement were revealed by the Palestinians on Sunday. It seems to be actually empty of content.

Palestinian Prisoners Detained In Israel Stop Hunger Strike

They had been on hunger strike since 17 April. On Friday evening, 26 May, Palestinian prisoners imprisoned in Israel put an end to their movement, as an agreement was reached - although no details were provided on its contents.

New Day Of Clashes In The Palestinian Territories

While between 900 and 1,500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons have been on hunger strike for more than a month to demand an improvement in their conditions of detention, clashes erupted this Friday, May 19 in the West Bank but also in Gaza. Two members of the Israeli forces and dozens of Palestinians were wounded.

Palestinian Prisoners Start the Second Month Of Hunger Strike

More than 1,000 Palestinians jailed in Israel began the second month of a hunger strike protest on Wednesday, against their conditions of detention. The movement was launched in April by Marwan Barghouti, a Fatah leader sentenced to life in prison for murder, During the riots of the second Intifada in the 2000s.

Over A Thousand Palestinians In Israeli Prisons In Hunger

More than a thousand Palestinian detainees in the hunger strike

More than a thousand Palestinians imprisoned in Israel have entered a hunger strike on Monday. They followed an appeal from the prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghuti. The participants of the hunger strike demand better conditions of detention. According to Israeli observers, Barghuti's calls for inner Palestinian political motives.