Lawyer: “Issawi Conditionally Agrees to End His Hunger Strike”

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Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe', reported that hunger striking Palestinian detainee, Samer Issawi, expressed a conditional acceptance of an "Israeli" officer to end his strike in exchange for his release on October 10 this year.
Qaraqe' said "Israeli" security officers agreed to release Issawi after spending additional six months starting on May 7 until October 10 in exchange for stopping his hunger strike that started on August 1 of 2012.

Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), Naseem Abu Gush, visited Issawi on Sunday at the Capalan "Israeli" hospital, and said that Issawi insists that the deal should be written, and signed, in front of the lawyer, especially since he does not trust the "Israeli" intelligence and security officers.
Abu Gush added that Issawi said that he would stop taking vitamins should "Israel" refrain from presenting a legally binding agreement that should be signed in front of lawyers, and Red Cross representatives.

The lawyer further stated that this offer is one of many offers that were presented to, and rejected, by Issawi due to the lack of binding legally agreements.

Issawi started his strike after "Israeli" soldiers kidnapped him in direct violation of the Prisoner deal that secured his release, in October of 2011, along with more than a 1000 detainees in return for the release of "Israeli" soldier, Gilad Shalit, who was captured by the resistance in Gaza in June of 2006.

Source: IMEMC