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'Palestinian hunger strike will bear fruit'

Monday, 22 May 2017 9:18 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 22 May 2017 9:18 AM ]

Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian protester in the main road between the West Bank city of Nablus and the Jewish settlement of Shavi Shamron during a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, on May 16, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Author and Middle East expert Kevin Barrett has described the Palestinian hunger strike in Israeli jails as “a Gandhian tool” which has already attracted much attention internationally and is going to eventually have an impact on the status quo.

“The hunger strike is drawing attention to the issue of the abuse of prisoners in Palestine and the larger issue of the way that Palestinians are all imprisoned in essence. All of Palestine has been turning into an open air prison for its native inhabitants,” Barrett told Press TV on Monday.

He was commenting on a mass protest action which began on April 17 by more than 1,600 Palestinian prisoners demanding an end to inhumane conditions in Israeli jails.

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