RAMALLAH, April 18 (JMCC) - Thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails observed a one-day hunger strike Sunday in a call for political unity,
reports Arab News.
Qaddoura Faris, head of Palestinian Prisoners Club (Nadi Al-Asir), said that the prisoners in 23 Israeli prisons and detention camps participated in the strike under the slogan “unity for freedom.”
The political unity in West Bank and Gaza Strip was severed since Hamas routed President Mahmoud Abbas' forces and ousted Fatah in deadly fighting in Gaza in 2007.
Faris, also former Minister of Prisoners Affairs, said that the prisoners “from all Palestinian factions” agreed to launch the strike on the Palestinian Prisoners Day to pressure the rival Palestinian movements of Fatah and Hamas to reach a reconciliation agreement.