JENIN, October 11, 2011 (WAFA) – Several Palestinians Tuesday went on hunger strike for 24 hours in a tent set up in the city of Jenin, north of the West Bank, in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners who have been in an open hunger strike for 15 days, said a local official.

Director of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club in Jenin, Ragheb Abu Diak, said the 24-hour hunger strike is part of the official and popular movement in Jenin to support the prisoners.

Abdullah Zakarneh, coordinator of the Popular Committee in Jenin, said that the supporting activities may include an open hunger strike in the set up tent. He further called on prisoners’ families, institutions and rights organizations to engage in the solidarity movement.

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