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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Palestinian Prisoners Prepare for Mass Hunger Strike

A sit-in by the Palestinian Prisoners Club in April calling for the release of a prisoner on hunger strike. (Social Networks)

The Palestinian Prisoner Club (PPC) and the Commission of Detainees Affairs (CDA) said Friday that tension prevailed among prisoners in Israeli jails after the administration doubled solitary confinement of Palestinians and deployed large numbers of suppression units on the entrances of various prisons.

The two organizations confirmed that the Palestinian prisoners will take steps on Sunday to dissolve their organizations, in an attempt to impose a state of “organized chaos,” in preparation for the general strike that will start on Thursday. This step would force the prison administration to confront the prisoners as individuals.

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