3 Ways to Support Palestinian Hunger Strikers

In April of 2017, over 1000 Palestinian prisoners launched the largest collective hunger strike in years, on the occasion of marking 50 years of military occupation & nearly 70 years of Israel’s displacement & imprisonment of Palestinians.

Their demands are simple, including: reinstating visitation rights, installing phones, improving medical care, and ending solitary confinement and administrative detention (the practice of holding prisoners for indefinite periods without charge or trial).

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1. Watch JVP’s Executive Director Rebecca Vilkomerson talk with Aarab Barghouti:

2. Take the #SaltWaterChallenge

The salt water challenge was launched by Aarab Marwan Barghouti, the son of imprisoned leader Marwan Barghouti, in the video above.

JVP-DC Metro participating in the #SaltWaterChallenge:

3. Download a poster

From the artist Jim Fitzpatrick, we offer this poster for you to download and share with your community.

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Learn more about the Palestinian hunger strike:

• Saluting the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike
• JVP Executive Director Rebecca Vilkomerson Speaks with Aarab Marwan Barghouthi
• JVP-Health Advisory Council Statement of Concern About Conditions for Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike