Palestinian Political prisoners launch hunger Strike in jail in West Bank

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Displaying relentless courage Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners at an Israeli jail in the occupied West Bank are refusing their meals since Thursday in a show of solidarity with 30 fellow inmates who are waging a hunger strike. One of the most telling protests opposing the bloodthirsty fascist state of Israel. igniting spark of resistance.

Some 900 Palestinians are undertaking a sustained  protest at the Ofer prison located near Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, a local NGO.

Since September 25, 30 prisoners at Ofer prison, most of them cadres of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, have been conducting a hunger strike to protest their detention without any charges or trials.

Under Israel’s policy of administrative detention, a person can be held in custody without a charge or trial for six months, which can be extended indefinitely. This is a manifestation of fascism ,infringing basic human rights.

According to Palestinian figures, there are around 4,650 Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails, including at least 780 held without charge or trial.

A Third rally was organized by the United Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah as part of the international month of action,  in front of the Château Rouge metro exit in the 18th arrondissement of Paris .

Georges Abdallah, who symbolises resistance against aggression and repression of the French State was unequivocally upheld at  the anti-repression evening organized by the Anti-repression Coordination of Ile de France yesterday,  on Saturday, October 8, 2022, at the wandering parole in Montreuil. In a qualitative way resistance was garnered against Zionist fascism.

The United Campaign rose to the occasion by holding  conference to make  the cause and situation of Georges Abdallah known and to announce upcoming initiatives within the framework of the international month.from September 22nd –October 22nd.A fitting blow was given morally to ascendancy of Zionism .Activists exposed how the Western countries were patronising fascist aggression of Israel .Inspiring to winess presence of youth in protests ,igniting spark in anti-fascist protests.

Harsh Thakor is a freelance journalist who has studied national liberation movements worldwide

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