900 Palestinians in Israeli jail refuse meals to support inmates on hunger strike
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners at an Israeli jail in the occupied West Bank refused their meals on Thursday in a show of solidarity with 30 fellow inmates who are on a hunger strike.
Some 900 Palestinians took part in the protest at the Ofer prison located near Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, a local NGO.
Since Sept. 25, 30 prisoners at Ofer, most of them members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, have been on hunger strike to protest their detention without any charges or trials.
According to Palestinian figures, there are around 4,650 Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails, including at least 780 held without charge or trial.
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