Israel relocates Palestinian hunger strikers to different jail
The Israeli regime has transferred to a different prison at least six Palestinian inmates who have been staging a hunger strike over their detention.
According to reports on Tuesday, five of the relocated prisoners were held under solitary confinement in the Negev prison. The Palestinian Prisoner's Center identified the five as Nidal Abu Aker, Shadi Maali, Ghassan Zawahreh, Badr al-Ruzza and Munir Abu Sharar.
The center went on to say that the prisoners had begun their hunger strike on August 18 to protest their detention without trial.
Kayid Fawzi Abu al-Rish is another Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 27 days now. He was held in isolation in the Megiddo jail.
It is not known yet to which Israeli prison the striking prisoners have been moved.
Tel Aviv’s decision to transfer the hunger strikers to another prison comes just days after former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said the hunger-striking detainees should not be released and instead be left to die in custody.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acted weakly in handling the case of former Palestinian hunger striker Mohammed Allan, Lieberman told a Sunday gathering of his Yisrael Beytenu party.
“Over the years … I’ve told Netanyahu that if you start something then do it all the way. … If you detain someone, then go all the way. Don’t give in to any pressure, and if he wants to hunger strike to death, let him die,” said the extremist Israeli politician.
Netanyahu “broadcasts a message of defeat, fear and indecision,” Lieberman said, adding that Allan had managed to win in the case.
Allan ended his 65-day hunger strike on August 20 after an Israeli court suspended his detention due to his severe health condition.
He had been on hunger strike to protest his incarceration without charge or trial, in a practice known as administrative detention. Palestinians and human rights groups say Israel uses the measure in violation of international law.
More than 7,000 Palestinians are reportedly imprisoned in 17 Israeli jails and detention centers, many of them without charge or trial.
Palestinians in Israeli prisons regularly go on hunger strike to protest their administrative detention and medical negligence.
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