brought him great sympathy among the Palestinian public, bringing him closer to a leadership position in which he could become a partner in making peace with the State of Israel. That is, of course, if and when an Israeli government is formed which is seriously interested in peace and is ready to end the occupation rule in the Palestinian territories.In themselves, most demands of the hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners are simple and elementary, and there is no reason to reject them. For example, in all prison wings of criminal prisoners held in Israel there are public telephones through which prisoners can regularly speak with their families. This right is given also to cruel murderers and to the leaders of organized crime gangs who are known to be still directing criminal activities even from inside prison. On the other hand, Palestinian prisoners who are defined as "security prisoners" are denied the right to maintain contact with their families by means of a public telephone, even though the prison authorities and security services can monitor all such calls. This increases the motivation to smuggle mobile phones to jail as was highlighted in the Bassel Ghatas affair. . On the tenth day of the hunger strike, as the strikers were facing worsening health as the strike grows, a new statement from the Palestinian prisoners' movement reaffirmed urgent call for support . . https://www.UNISON Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK. B'Tselem doesn't take orders from Netanyahu. Nor does the world. . Numbering Palestinians - Hebron 2017: Fewer Palestinians, more checkpoints.. Israel sunk in 'incremental tyranny', say former Shin Bet chiefs.. UK students to begin hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinian.. On 28 April, Palestinian prisoner and former hunger striker Thaer Halahleh's was kidnapped by IDF soldiers at a suddenly placed checkpoint near Bethlehem. He has been seized by Israeli occupation forces on multiple occasions and has spent over nive years in Israeli prisons, most of them in administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. He was most recently released in October 2016. Thaer engaged in a 77-day hunger strike in 2012, winning his freedom from administrative detention alongside fellow administrative detainee Bilal Diab.Many other Palestinians have been arrested in the West Bank since the beginning of the Hunger Strike for Freedom on April 17.17th day of hunger strike: Ramallah: Mass rally for hunger-striking prisoners While Palestinians continued their hunger strike, in England, a large crowd of protesters turned out at the School of African and Asian Studies in central London to protest the presence of the Israeli Ambassador to the UK, the great deceiver Mark Regev.The Israeli hasbara spokesperson was invited, by means of lobbying, to speak at the prestigious London University against the wishes of many students and pro-Palesitnian organizations. Kick Settlements Out of Football at FIFA's upcoming Congress! by Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI).FIFA will make a decision on Israeli football teams based in illegal settlements at their upcoming Congress on May 11, 2017. This is our chance to ensure that Palestinian human rights are front and centre on their agenda!More