Palestinian Political Detainees Begin Hunger Strike
Thousands of Palestinian political detainees imprisoned by "Israel" started an open hunger strike yesterday.
According to the Prisoners Center for Studies, around eight thousand Palestinian detainees being held in 13 deferent military detention facilities in "Israel" are taking part in the strike.
The Prisoners provided the "Israeli" Prison Administration with five main reasons for the hunger strike:
1- Humiliation and abuse during searches of family members before visitations.
2- Canceling family visitations to detainees from the Gaza Strip and dozens of West Bank detainees.
3-Using claims of security reasons to cancel family visitations to detainees from the Gaza Strip since nearly 4 years.
4-Preventing the detainees from watching Al Jazzera news and not allowing books into detention centers.
5-Preventing detainees from taking their final high school exams.
"Israel" has canceled family visits to Palestinian political detainees from the Gaza Strip since Palestinian Hamas and other armed resistance groups captured the "Israeli" soldier Gil'ad Shalit in Gaza back in June of 2006.
