Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Commission published on Monday the most important humanitarian demands agreed upon during the negotiations between the leadership of the Palestinian prisoners movement and the Israel Prison Service (IPS). Under the agreement, which was called “Ashkelon Agreement”, the prisoners announced the suspension of their 41-day hunger strike. The agreement includes allowing regular family visits, improving the conditions of these visits, lifting the security ban imposed on thousands of prisoners’ relatives and the unjustified ban on more than 140 children who have never been allowed by the IPS to visit their parents. As for female prisoners, it was … Continue reading Commission publishes articles of the agreement to end hunger strike

Ashkelon Regional Council Chairman Yair Farjun warned of the consequences of the deterioration of the living conditions in the besieged Gaza Strip. The siege affects the security of settlements in the vicinity of the Gaza Strip, he opined. In a press article in Yedioth Ahronoth Hebrew newspaper, Farjun opined that preventing a humanitarian disaster in Gaza is an Israeli interest in the first place. He called on the Israeli government to work on putting an end to the aggravating suffering in the besieged coastal enclave. “Even though the siege prevents Hamas of entering weapons and rockets into Gaza, Israel has … Continue reading Chairman of regional council: Gaza siege threatens our security

Hamza Zablah, on hunger strike in PA jail since May 23, 2017 By: Lily Leach BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian authorities have continued to detain six men in a Hebron jail as of Monday, despite an order being issued mandating their release, as one of the detainees has been on hunger strike for six consecutive days in protest of his arrest. Hamza Zablah, a former prisoner from Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, declared his hunger strike an hour after he was detained by the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s preventive security service last Tuesday, Palestinian outlet Shehab news agency reported at … Continue reading Prisoner continues hunger strike in PA jail as release order is refused

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — After reports emerged early Monday morning that leader of a mass hunger strike Marwan Barghouthi was still refusing meals in Israeli prison two days after the strike ended, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs and Barghouthi’s wife Fadwa denied the reports and confirmed that the hunger strike had indeed been fully suspended. Al Jazeera news network reported in Arabic early Monday morning, quoting a joint statement purportedly issued by the same Palestinian Authority (PA)-run committee and local NGO the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), that Marwan Barghouthi refused to suspend his hunger strike until he was returned to … Continue reading Fadwa Barghouthi confirms halt of mass hunger strike after misleading reports