its 20th day, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners announced they will join the strike in the coming days, given the lack of attention to the demands of the prisoners and the extreme danger faced by striking prisoners today.The Palestinian Prisoners Movement issued a statement, urging Palestinian, Arab and international action for the strikers as new repressive measures were announced. This trend carries with it preparation for a targeted crime against the prisoners with the intention of murder. It is clear that we are in the next stage now, that of repression, abuse, and attempts to break the strike through threatening the lives of the prisoners. The ongoing preparations indicate that there is a decision taken against the prisoners to their deaths at the hands of a gang of fascists in Tel Aviv. This is what makes this confrontation an extraordinary moment. Dealing with it requires vision, programs and activities that rise to the level required, wrote the prisoners, urging besieging the embassies of the occupation around the world.No dia 05 de maio, na Cisjordania ocupada, em uma passeata pacifica em Nabi Saleh em solidariedade com os grevistas, e contra o furto de terra e violencia dos colonos, os "corajosos" soldados da IDF reprimiram com seus meios de sempre."Our chains will be broken before we are." As the world knows, around 1.600 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers are hunger striking for freedom since 17 April 2017. The call for hunger strike came amidst resentment of Israelis cruel policies towards political prisoners and detainees. The hunger striking prisoners demands include: family visits, proper medical care, an end to Israels practice of detaining Palestinians without charge or trial in so-called administrative detention and stopping the use of isolation. Here are some facts on Palestinian hunger strikes: What is the History of Palestinian Hunger Strikes? Hunger strikes have long been used in different geographical areas as means to protest and demand basic rights, including the right to vote, the right to be free from torture and the right to self-determination. The long history of Palestinian prisoners in mass and individual hunger strikes, reveals the lack of trust in any judicial process and the lack of fair trial guarantees they face under the military and civil court systems of the Israeli occupation. Palestinian prisoners and detainees have resorted to hunger strikes as early as 1968 as a legitimate peaceful protest to Israeli detention policies and cruel detention conditions including the use of solitary confinement, denial of family visits, inadequate medical treatment and torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.What are the Medical Risks of Hunger Strikes? Hunger strikes have associated health risks that can cause physical damage to the prisoner or detainee, including severe loss of weight, weakness, tiredness, inability to sleep, hearing loss, blindness, strokes, kidney failure as well as other organ failures, cardiac arrest, and heart attack. However, despite these medical risks, through hunger strikes, Palestinians have been able to obtain basic and fundamental rights and to improve their detention conditions through hunger strikes.How do Israeli Authorities Deal with