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500 Palestinian prisoners in Beer Sheba go on hunger strike in protest over summit
About 500 Palestinians serving high prison terms in the Zionist Beer Sheba jail today went on hunger strike to protest the convening of the Sharm Al-Sheikh summit without releasing them. The prisoners told the prison authority they would not eat the three meals for today out of protest that no agreement was made over their release before that summit. The commander of the Zionist prisons authority has ordered all warders and special units to be on the alert in anticipation of possible riots on the backdrop of that summit.For their part, a group of Jewish rabbis called today for prayers in 300 synagogues for the failure of that summit. The rabbis were against the Sharon disengagement plan that stipulated the withdrawal from the Strip and parts of the West Bank. Posted by: Fred 2005-02-09 |
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