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Kidnapping prompts Palestinian prisoners to end hunger strike

Few details have emerged from the decision to suspend the Palestinian prisoner hunger strike, and no written agreement has been signed.

Daoud Kuttab
Daoud Kuttab
Jun 26, 2014
Palestinians hold pictures of prisoners during a demonstration in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Ramallah June 7, 2014. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concerns on Friday about the worsening health of Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli detention and demanded that they either be formally charged or released immediately. Several dozen Palestinians on hunger strike, protesting Israel's use of administrative detention to keep them behin
Palestinians in Ramallah hold pictures of prisoners during a demonstration in support of Palestinian prisoners on a hunger strike in Israeli jails, June 7, 2014. — REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

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