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Major Protests, Hunger Strikes after Palestinian Detainee Dies of Torture -- News from Antiwar.com

Major Protests, Hunger Strikes after Palestinian Detainee Dies of Torture -- News from Antiwar.com
Major protests have broken out in the occupied West Bank and reports say every single one of Israel’s 4,500 Palestinian detainees took part in a hunger strike today to protest the death of detainee Arafat Jaradat in custody on Saturday.

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