5-3-2017 The Prisoners’ Revolt: The Real Reasons behind the Palestinian Hunger Strike - Ramzy Baroud The Palestine Chronicle

http://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-prisoners-revolt-the-real-reasons-behind-the-palestinian-hunger-strike/

…It is under this backdrop [the occupation] that the hunger strike becomes far more urgent than the need to improve the conditions of incarcerated Palestinians.  It is a revolt within Fatah against their disengaged leadership, and a frantic attempt by all Palestinians to demonstrate their ability to destabilize the Israeli-American-PA matrix of control that has extended for many years.  "Rights are not bestowed by an oppressor," wrote Marwan Barghouti from his jail on the first day of the hunger strike.  In truth, his message was directed at Abbas and his cronies, as much as it was directed at Israel.

Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

 

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