Fears for Palestinian hunger strikers protesting imprisonment

Palestinian prisoners plan mass hunger strike in support of rearrested escapees, abysmal jail conditions.

Dura, Occupied West Bank – Tensions have been building for months but the situation could soon explode as anger over Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners reaches boiling point. What is also exacerbating Palestinian anger is the deteriorating health of six Palestinian hunger strikers, protesting against their administrative detention or detention without trial. Palestinians are angry over the punitive measures being meted out by the Israel Prison Services (IPS) following the escape, and recent rearrest, of high-profile Palestinian prisoners from Gilboa prison in northern Israel.