200 Palestinians on Hunger Strike in “Israeli” Prisons

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Two hundred Palestinians started an indefinite hunger strike in about 22 "Israeli" prisons to protest the Zionist administrative detention policy, a rights lawyer told media outlets on Thursday.

"Detainees refused food on Thursday and declared a hunger strike," Jawab Boules, a lawyer with the Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners Club, told media outlets.
"Some administrative prisoners have been in jail for years without trial," Boules said, adding that, "Prisons have become like their homes."

Administrative detention is a Zionist policy under which Palestinians are held without trial, usually for security reasons.

An administrative detention order ranges from one to 6 months and can be extended until up to five years by a Zionist military court.
Boules accused the Zionist authorities of violating the terms of an Egypt-sponsored deal that ended a 2012 hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners, under which the enemy had pledged not to renew the administrative detention of any prisoner without legal justification.

According to a recent report by the Prisoners Centre for Studies and Research, around 5,000 Palestinians languish in some 22 Zionist prisons and detentions.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team