1 killed at West Bank rally for Palestinian hunger strikers

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Celtic Fans for Palestine members also took part in a protest earlier that dayin Glasgow as part of a Scotland-wide Day of Action to support Palestinian hunger strikers organised by We Are All Hana Shalabi, Scotland Supports Palestine and other Palestine solidarity groups. More than 1,600 prisoners are taking part in the strike.

It is hoped that the negotiations will end the strike, which began on April 17, according to The Times of Israel. Palestinians say that hundreds of thousands fled or were forced to leave their homes in the 1948 Israeli-Arab war.

It said Israel's incarceration of Palestinians in Israel, rather than the West Bank, was a violation of global law.

The hunger strike being carried out by Palestinian prisoners in Israel is nearing its fourth week.

He is often compared by Palestinians to the late South African President Nelson Mandela.

"Now, any minute, we can hear the news that one of the prisoners might just pass out and that's it - and after that who can control the Palestinian people?"

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The village had launched their weekly march following Friday prayers in solidarity with the hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on their 26th day of a mass hunger strike across Israeli prisons.

It claims the video shows Barghouti eating in his cell on two occasions in late April and May - unwrapping candies and biscuits and sneakily consuming them in the toilet of his cell. Israel, however, has argued the prisons meet global standards. "It is only about Marwan Barghouti's desire to gain political power and position himself to replace Abu Mazen".

Organisers of the Red Carpet Human Rights Film Festival, running for the third time since 2015, say the goal is to raise awareness of hardship in the Gaza Strip, home to nearly two million Palestinians.

"Israel will not give in to extortion and pressure from terrorists".

Fatah official Hatem Abd al-Qadir spoke at the sit-in, saying that "our prisoners will not give up as they have sacrificed their freedom for our country", while demanding the Palestinian Authority (PA) place the prisoners as a "top priority on their agenda".

The World Federation of Trade Unions, representing 92 million workers in the 5 continents, expresses its indignation for the vulgar, unethical campaign of "Pizza Hut" against the Palestinian Hunger Strikers.

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