Israel Facing Major West Bank Uprising Over Palestinian Hunger Strike

Adrian Blomfield
The Guardian
May 10, 2012

Israel has been warned that it faces a major uprising in the West Bank after six Palestinian prisoners taking part in one of the largest and most protracted hunger strikes ever staged in its jails were said to be close to death.

Palestinian militant groups and moderate politicians alike have predicted that years of relative tranquility could be brought to an abrupt and violent end if any of the 1,600 inmates now refusing food were to starve to death.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said this week that the six inmates who have declined sustenance the longest are “at imminent risk of dying”.

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This article was posted: Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 1:37 pm

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