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Palestinian women hold up portrait of incarcerated relatives during a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails inside the grounds of the Red Cross office in Gaza City on April 16, 2012
Wednesday, Apr. 18, 2012

Open quoteAll the rights we have achieved so far were achieved as a result of hunger strikes — not because of the Israeli government.Close quote

  • QADDURA FARES,
  • head of the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, voicing his faith in the hunger strike initiated by over 1,200 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails in protest against reportedly poor treatment
Photo: MOHAMMED ABED / AFP / Getty Images | Source: Financial Times