[Ppnews] Palestinian Hunger-striker Bilal Diab writes will to family

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Hunger-striker Bilal Diab writes will to family

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=484990
Published yesterday (updated) 12/05/2012 21:12


JENIN (Ma'an) -- Hunger-striker Bilal Diab has sent a will to his 
family in the northern West Bank on his 75th day without food, 
relatives said on Saturday.

Diab, 27, has refused food since Feb. 29 to protest his detention 
without charge in Israeli jail.

His family, from Jenin-district town Kufr Rai, said they received his 
will on Saturday detailing his wishes in case of his death.

"We will have victory, but only through either martyrdom or immediate 
release -- not any partial solution as claimed by the prisons 
administration," Diab wrote.

Last week, representative for Fatah prisoners Jamal al-Rjoob said 
detainees affiliated to Fatah had accepted half the proposals offered 
by Israeli authorities in response to the strike.

But Yousef Rizqa, political adviser to Hamas prime minister Ismail 
Haniyeh, warned on Monday that Israel was trying to use party 
affiliations to sow rifts between the hunger-strikers.

"On the 75th day of my hunger strike, I am still determined, patient 
and focused on continuing against conspiracies, threats and solitary 
confinement by the fascist Israeli prison administration," Diab wrote.

Diab instructed his family keep his grave at ground level, in 
accordance with Islamic teaching, and distribute sweets at his 
funeral as a sign of celebration.

He asked his brother Homam to perform prayers for him, and freed 
hunger-striker Khader Adnan to lower him into his grave.

The young hunger-striker thanked all Palestinians, and Arab and 
Islamic nations for their support.

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Diab wrote the will to his family on his 75th day on hunger-strike

The PA minister of prisoners affairs said Saturday that a 
comprehensive solution to widespread hunger strike action by 
prisoners is being discussed between Palestinian, Israeli and 
Egyptian officials.

PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad visited a solidarity tent in Bethlehem 
and applauded the hunger-strikers, assuring prisoners' relatives that 
they would achieve success.

In the past month, around 2,000 prisoners joined a group of 
administrative detainees on hunger-strike, according to prisoners 
groups' estimates.

They are calling for improved conditions in Israeli custody, such as 
an end to solitary confinement and bans on family visits, in addition 
to ending administrative detention.

Diab and Thaer Halahla, 33, from Hebron -- both held without charge 
-- joined earlier hunger-strikes after Khader Adnan and Hana Shalabi 
won release from detention without charge by refusing food.

The International Committee of the Red Cross and Physicians for Human 
Rights - Israel have urged Israel to transfer the prisoners to 
hospital after warning their health condition is now critical.




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