Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on the Middle East, , has sent his
solidarity to the over 1,000 Palestinians prisoners on hunger
strike, called on Israel to end its policies of oppression, and
for the international community to support the
prisoners just demands.
MLA Pat Sheehan said:
“Some 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are
currently on hunger strike. They are protesting against the
inhumane and degrading treatment they experience daily. They are
also protesting against the torture and medical negligence they
face and which threatens their lives.
“The prisoners demand
better prison conditions and an end to the Israeli policies
of administrative detention and solitary confinement.
Administrative detention is a euphemism
for internment without
trial and 500 Palestinians are currently
imprisoned without trial under this inhumane
system.
“I send my solidarity, on behalf of Sinn Féin, to all
Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike and am calling
on the Israeli authorities to urgently address the reasonable and
humane reforms that they are demanding.”
"Israeli aggression, and oppression, cannot and will not
work, despite the current imprisonment of over 6,500
Palestinians. Israel needs to abide by International law and UN
resolutions.
"Sinn Féin calls for the international community to hold
Israel to account on human rights issues and support freedom and
nationhood for the people of Palestine on the basis
of the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its
capital."
