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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Prisoners end hunger strike; they they didn't get any of their major demands

I mentioned last week that Abdallah Bargouthi, responsible for the murder of 66 people, was on a hunger strike in Israeli prison, along with other Jordanian prisoners.

His main demand was to be transferred to a prison in his native Jordan. Ma'an lists his other demands, from an article in July:
Barghouthi is also demanding that Israel disclose the whereabouts of 20 missing Jordanian prisoners and wants Israel to remove the bodies of Palestinians who died in Israeli custody from nameless graves.
Now they have ended their hunger strike, and apparently they didn't get any of their major demands.

However, it looks like they downgraded their demands to declare victory over the Zionists.

Relatives will be able to visit for four hours in three weeks, and then a 90 minute visit each month afterwards while Israel will help them come over from Jordan.

Also, the prisoners will have access to Jordanian newspapers, magazines and TV channels.

Yes - these heroes who murdered so many didn't eat for a hundred days to be able to watch more TV. They must miss their soap operas.  

Jordanian media is hailing this great victory, with no one noticing that the terrorists' original demands were rejected outright.