Demo held in West Bank to back prisoners in Israeli jails

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Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:46AM GMT

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Palestinians have held a demonstration in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank to express solidarity with thousands of prisoners held in Israeli jails, Press TV reports.

The demonstration on Tuesday was organized by a new Palestinian movement named “Palestinians for Dignity.”

Protesters also called on the Palestinian Authority to end all forms of negotiations with the Tel Aviv regime.

The detention of Palestinians inside Israeli jails is an issue that continues to inflame the Palestinian public.

The Israeli regime continues to hold up as many as 4,500 Palestinians in its prisons.

Many of the Palestinian prisoners are on administrative detention, which is an infamous tool employed by the Israeli regime, allowing the arrest of an individual without formal charges.

Former Palestinian prisoner and hunger striker Khader Adnan was also among the protesters on Tuesday. Adnan became the symbol of Palestinian resistance when he launched an open-ended hunger strike against administrative detention.

“It’s time the officials act in harmony with public in this issue… I am frustrated with (Israeli) occupation… I say enough to decades of fatal talks,” Adnan told Press TV.

The issue of Palestinian prisoners has united the Palestinian public everywhere, and the Tuesday event was attended by a range of participants from the Palestinian political spectrum.

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