Palestinian Hunger Strike Gains Strength
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The number of hunger-striking  Palestinians in Israeli jails has almost doubled to 2,900 in  the week since the protest was launched, the Prisons Service  said on Sunday.
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The hunger strike by thousands of security prisoners (called &quot;prisoners of war&quot; by the Palestinians) could become a difficult, complex affair.
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Israeli air strikes killed five Palestinians in Gaza on Thursday as the Palestinian death toll rose to 100 in a 16-day-old army offensive aimed at crushing militants behind rocket salvoes into Israel.
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Israeli air strikes killed five  Palestinians in Gaza on Thursday as the Palestinian death toll  rose to 100 in a 16-day-old army offensive aimed at crushing  militants behind rocket salvoes into Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Thousands of Palestinian  prisoners in Israeli jails began a hunger strike for better  conditions on Sunday, but Israel's security minister said he  didn't care if they starved to death.
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Some 800 Palestinian detainees in Israel&#39;s Ashkelon prison have suspended their 13-day-old hunger strike until Monday after some of their demands were met.
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A hunger strike that, at its height, involved some 4,000 Palestinians interned in Israeli jails ends after nearly three weeks.
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Palestinians held in Israeli jails go on hunger strike to protest at conditions but Israel says they can "starve to death".
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Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate for the Palestinian presidency, campaigned today in the Jenin refugee camp, where he was lifted onto the shoulders of gunmen and
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Children raced to help parents collect food from U.N. aid distribution centers in the Gaza Strip as women sat in the shade near trucks, waiting for their names to be called to receive their food rations.
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JERUSALEM -- UN Mideast peace envoy Terje Roed-Larsen urged Israeli prison authorities Friday to ensure the well-being of Palestinian prisoners on their 13th day of a hunger strike.
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JERUSALEM -- An estimated 1,500 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons launched a hunger strike yesterday, demanding more visits with family members, an end to strip searches, and better overall conditions.
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HARTFORD, Conn.  - Five prisoners sentenced to be  executed in Connecticut began a hunger strike on Thursday to  protest their solitary living conditions which they called  "inhumane and tantamount to psychological torture."
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JERUSALEM - More than a thousand Palestinian prisoners went on a hunger strike to press for better conditions, but Israel responded by tightening inmate restrictions, and a Cabinet minister said he wouldn't care if they starved to death.    About 1,600 prisoners struck on Sunday...
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Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are said to have resumed a hunger strike protest after a weekend break. An Israeli prison service official confirmed that between 350 and 400 prisoners were again refusing meals at Shikma prison in the town of Ashkelon.
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A day after firing his top security commanders, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas headed to the Gaza Strip on Friday to demand that militant leaders stop attacking Israelis, a strong sign of his determination to enforce a fragile truce with Israel.
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PALESTINIANS being held in Israeli prisons appealed today for international intervention to prevent their hunger strike developing into a &quot;humanitarian disaster&quot; as Israeli rights groups also condemned their treatment.