May 24, 2017
Hundreds of Palestinian community members and supporters participated in a
full-day hunger strike and encampment in Burbank, Illinois, on May 11, 2017, in
support of 1,800 Palestinian prisoners who have entered more than four weeks
of an open-ended hunger strike in Israeli prisons. At a 4 PM press conference, an
official solidarity statement was read on behalf of U.S. Congressman Danny Davis.
The Palestinian prisoners currently are only able to consume salt and water and have
been limited to regular family visits, medical care and access to education.
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Palestinian Prisoners Enter in Open Ended Hunger Strike
Eighteen hundred Palestinian prisoners have entered more than four weeks of an open-ended hunger strike in Israeli prisons, according to a US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) press release. Hatem Abudayyeh, who is the co-founder and coordinating committee member of the USPCN, said the Palestinian prisoners’ basic, humanitarian demands include regular family visits, an end to solitary confinement, an end to administrative detention, the strengthening of medical care and access to education.