[van-announce] [ISM-Vancouver] Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoner Hunger Strike

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CALL TO ACTION - FAST IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PRISONERS

Since August 15, 2004 thousands of Palestinian prisoners have been 
participating in a hunger-strike, demanding that the systematic abuse 
they are suffering under the Israeli authorities be stopped.

Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition in the United States 
and Canada is calling upon the International Right to Return movement 
and its allies to participate in a coordinated 48-hour fast in 
solidarity with hunger striking Palestinian political prisoners in 
Israeli prison camps. (Saturday August 28, 7 am through Monday August 
30, 7 am)

The Palestine Community Centre and Solidarity Groups of British 
Columbia also call upon their community members to observe this fasting 
period in support of the political prisoners.

We stand with the Prisoners' families and the Palestinian people and 
express our solidarity with the prisoners, in support of their demands 
to receive the fundamental rights they are entitled to under the 
Israeli and international laws and in demand for the release of all 
political prisoners.

On September 10, The Palestine Community Centre will hold a one day 
hunger strike at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Georgia & Howe side) to 
begin at 10 am and ends at 10pm, with a candlelight vigil starting at 
8pm. We strongly encourage our community members and like organizations 
that support political prisoner's rights and their struggles to attend.

Currently 7500 political prisoners are being held by Israel, 1000 of 
whom are "administrative detainees" imprisoned without trial.

When informed by the prisoners of their intended hunger strike prison 
authorities responded with harsher treatment, including confiscation of 
water and salt. The barbaric and racist reaction of the Israeli 
authorities can be summed up in Israeli Minister Hanegbi's statement 
"let them strike till death".


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