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Freed Palestinian prisoner: Swap deal with Israel is worthless if it excludes the sick

In an interview with Al-Monitor, freed Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allan talks details about his detention and release, stressing that he would not hesitate for one moment to resume his hunger strike if the Israeli army were to put him under administrative arrest again.
Palestinian detainee Mohammed Allan gestures upon his release from an Israeli jail, at his house in the West Bank city of Nablus November 5, 2015. Israel has released late on Wednesday Allan who was in 65-day hunger strike against his detention without trial. Allan, 31, an Islamic Jihad activist, began the strike after his detention without trial in last November. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini  - RTX1UTOE
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Freed Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allan, who went on a 66-day hunger strike, considered any prisoner exchange deal between the Palestinian resistance and Israel to be worthless if it did not include the sick and old, who suffer the greatest as a result of the conditions of their detention in Israeli jails.

In an interview with Al-Monitor, Allan revealed that his decision to go on a hunger strike was made out of conviction and after forethought. He knew the repercussions of the decision, which nearly cost him his life. He said he would not hesitate for one moment to resume his hunger strike if the Israeli army were to put him under administrative arrest again.

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