The Palestinian prisoner Jamal Abu al-Leil suspended his open hunger strike on Sunday after clinching a deal stipulating determining a specific period of time for his administrative detention.
The latest six-month administrative detention sentence that was imposed on Abu al-Leil ended in February 2017.
In a joint statement by the Committee of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs the Palestinian Prisoner Society and the family of Jamal Abu al-Leil they said that Abu al-Leil went on a hunger strike for 25 days depending on water only. They added that he was transferred to several prisons during his hunger strike the last of which was Raymond prison in an attempt to push him to end his hunger strike.
The Director of the Legal Unit of the Palestinian Prisoner Society Jawad Boules said after visiting Abu al-Leil in Raymond desert prison that the Palestinian prisoner expressed gratitude and appreciation to everyone whether organizations or individuals who supported him in his battle against the administrative detention.
Jamal Abu al-Leil 50 is from Qalandia refugee camp north of occupied Jerusalem. The Israeli occupation authorities arrested him on 15th February 2016 and he started a hunger strike on 16th February 2017.
