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Palestinian Prisoners Hunger Strike- A Test for Israeli Arrogance

Palestinian Prisoners Hunger Strike- A Test for Israeli Arrogance

19 August 2015 in 2015
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Media Brief- NAD, August 18, 2015: the occupying power, systemically abuses Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, holding them as hostages to exert pressure on the Palestinian leadership to pay a heavy political price for their release. Since 1967, Israel arrested more than 800,000 Palestinians and incarcerated them in Israeli jails. Today, there are around 5,820 Palestinian political prisoners scattered over 20 Israeli jails, detentions and investigation centers, and more than 450 administrative detainees, including 10 elected legislative Council members.

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