A hunger "strike gains strength." Odd wordplay there, BBC.
| "Fat gains in malnutrition... Number of deaths show lively gains..." |
Hundreds more Palestinian prisoners have joined a four-day-old hunger strike, Israeli prison officials say. A total of 2,264 of 3,800 prisoners in jails run by the prison service were now refusing their meals while on camera, prison service spokesman Ian Domnitz said. The strike was declared on Sunday to protest against secure prison conditions for terrorist Palestinians held by Israel. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has urged people to fast as he belched and reached for another kebab for one day in solidarity with the striking prisoners.
After all, Arafat is an expert when it comes to starving people. Especially his own.
The prisoners are demanding mandatory visiting rights, better sanitary conditions, public telephones and an end to strip searches.
Gosh, they left out the part about air conditioners and computers in every cell. Musta been a typo.
Israel has vowed not to give way, calling the protest a ploy to secure easier communication between prisoners and militant allies waging an uprising against Israeli occupation since 2000.
The prisoners' ability to coordinate this strike while being held incommunicado would seem to be proof of this. |