Every Tuesday, at 10h00 family and friends gather in Tulkarem in front of the office of the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) to share in a peaceful prisoners sit in. The purpose is to show solidarity for the hundreds of young men and women from Tulkarem who are under security detention in Israeli prisons. The Israeli Military is known to have placed Palestinians (also from Tulkarem) under arrest after a search operation or in cases where they feared a security threat to Israel. Today marked the annual commemoration of such detainees. The EAPPI team was there to show solidarity and a protective presence. The political detainees are currently on strike in Israeli prisons. The form of the strike is at the time of publication of this blog not clear. I have been reliably informed though that the families of prisoners are supporting the strike by not registering for visitation. Alledgedly, one of the detainees are demanding their release. I hope to follow up with an article.
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