50 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails announced their decision to go on an open-ended hunger strike after the Palestinian Authority (PA) suspended their salaries.
The 50 Palestinian detainees condemned in a statement delivered by fellow strikers in Duwar al-Sa’a in Ramallah the Palestinian Authority for involving prisoners and their families in political divisions.
The detainees said the cut of their sources of income affects them just as it does their families homes and children.
“We hope that the crisis be worked out at the soonest time possible and our livelihoods be retrieved by the end of this month” the statement further read.
A sit-in has been staged by Palestinian ex-prisoners and their families for 46 days in Duwar al-Sa’a in Ramallah to protest the PA’s cut of their livelihoods. An open-ended hunger strike has also been declared for the sixth day running.
