- Title: Palestinian inmates in Israeli jails end hunger strike
- Date: 27th May 2017
- Summary: WOMAN DANCING, PEOPLE WITH POSTERS AND PICTURES OF PRISONERS STANDING AROUND HER VARIOUS OF WOMEN HOLDING PICTURES OF THEIR RELATIVES VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS AFFAIRS MINISTER, ISSA QARAQE, HEAD OF THE PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' CLUB, QADDOURA FARES AND MEMBER OF FATAH CENTRAL COMMITTEE, JAMAL MUHEISEN, DURING NEWS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING THE END OF HUNGER STRIKE BY PALESTINIAN PRISONERS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MEMBER OF FATAH CENTRAL COMMITTEE, JAMAL MUHEISEN, SAYING: "After more than 20 hours of negotiations, an agreement was reached with jails' administrations regarding the humanitarian, fair requests for the prisoners. Upon this agreement, that details will be announced later, the (hunger) strike was ended and the National Committee for the Support of the Prisoners Strike announces today the victory of the prisoners and the Palestinian people." VARIOUS OF WOMAN HOLDING PALESTINIAN FLAG AND CHANTING PEOPLE HOLDING POSTERS OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS AND CELEBRATING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RELATIVE OF PALESTINIAN PRISONER, SAYING: "Thank God. A greeting to the prisoners in the holy month of Ramadan, the month of blessing. May God keep you healthy and make you stronger until you are free from the prison. Our prisoners, our lovers, we hope that you always stay well." MAN HOLDING PICTURE OF PRISONER, TWO WOMEN EMBRACING EACH OTHER (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RELATIVE OF PALESTINIAN PRISONER, SAYING: "I do not want to describe my feeling, because we used to go home and leave the tent and feel like we are losing our minds. He has been in prison for 16 years and since last June I have not seen him and we do not know anything about him. Thank God." TWO WOMEN HOLDING POSTERS AND CELEBRATING
- Embargoed: 10th June 2017 12:02
- Keywords: news conference Palestinian inmates in Israeli prisons hunger strike in Israeli jails
- Location: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
- City: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA0026IM5BNR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Saturday (May 27) ended a 40-day hunger strike over conditions in Israeli jails, the Israel Prison Service and a Palestinian official said.
About 1,100 inmates had initially taken part in one of the largest such hunger strikes, which began on April 17. It raised tensions between Israel and the Palestinians, with protests in support of the strikers spilling over into clashes in the West Bank and along the Israel-Gaza border.
More than 800 inmates, who had stuck with the hunger strike until Saturday, ended it after talks held with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Palestinian Authority to change some of the prisoners' conditions, a Prison Service Statement said.
Palestinians in the West Bank and relatives of prisoners celebrated an agreement announced during a news conference by a member of Fatah Central Committee.
The strike was called by Marwan Barghouti, the most high-profile Palestinian jailed in Israel, to protest against solitary confinement and detention without trial, which has been applied to thousands of prisoners since the 1980s. Israel says that measure is necessary to prevent attacks and protect security sources. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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