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Hamas prisoners to go on hunger strike after Israel places top officials in isolation
Haaretz ^ | 6/26/11 | Avi Issacharoff & Jack Khoury

Posted on 06/26/2011 9:03:46 PM PDT by Nachum

Hamas announced Sunday that all its members currently sitting in Israeli prisons will launch a hunger strike on Monday, after Israel transferred senior Hamas officials to solitary confinement. A Hamas spokesman said Sunday that the purpose of the hunger strike was to demand the release of Yihyeh Sanwar, who is considered the most senior Hamas official in prison, and his brother Mohammad, who was among those responsible for the abduction of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. According to the Hamas spokesman, Sanwar suffers from serious health problems.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hamas; hunger; prisoners; strike
Hey, you gonna eat that?
1 posted on 06/26/2011 9:03:54 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

And this is a problem... why?


2 posted on 06/26/2011 9:05:46 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Nachum

I’d help with a hunger strike. No food? OK!


3 posted on 06/26/2011 9:09:34 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Nachum

Maybe allah will bring them a Whopper.


4 posted on 06/26/2011 9:11:49 PM PDT by BigFinn (The King is coming and He isn't riding a donkey this time.)
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To: Nachum

So hold a quick trial and execute few dozen of the slime, start with the highest ranking terrorist.
Next attempt at politicizing their capture, repeat.


5 posted on 06/26/2011 9:13:02 PM PDT by Loyal Sedition (Loyal Sedition, often described as "To the right of Attila The Hun"!)
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To: Nachum

Saving the Israeli’s the price of their meals ... And this is bad?


6 posted on 06/26/2011 9:13:28 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: Nachum

Perfect. Save $$ on food. But the rule should be once they begin...no going back. Die terrorist scum.


7 posted on 06/26/2011 9:15:09 PM PDT by RacerX1128
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To: Nachum

Time to start a pool on who starves first.


8 posted on 06/26/2011 9:16:56 PM PDT by o-n-money
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To: Nachum

Make sure they don’t cheat!


9 posted on 06/26/2011 9:17:13 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: Nachum
You know what goes well with a hunger strike!

pork Pictures, Images and Photos

Since they are on a strike they won't mind someone cooking up some bacon or pork chops right next to their cells...

10 posted on 06/26/2011 9:18:09 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: Nachum
Hamas prisoners to go on hunger strike after Israel places top officials in isolation

Forgive my ignorance, but I really do not see a problem with this.

11 posted on 06/26/2011 9:29:07 PM PDT by cpdiii (Deckhand, Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist, Iconoclast: THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR.)
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To: Nachum

Wait till these jackals get real hungry then bring in steaming plates of pork fried rice and pork filled egg rolls. These phony-baloney Mooslims will scarf them down at warp speed


12 posted on 06/26/2011 9:40:51 PM PDT by dennisw (NZT - "works better if you're already smart")
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To: Nachum

And the problem is?


13 posted on 06/26/2011 9:42:01 PM PDT by Enten (How's that hopey changey thing working out for you?)
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To: dennisw

There is a famous vid of a ‘hunger striking’ Palistinian leader wolfing down a meal in jail.


14 posted on 06/26/2011 9:42:52 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

Good! In these times it is a great thing to save money on groceries.


15 posted on 06/26/2011 9:45:29 PM PDT by Bockscar (Thanks to the Freeper dogcaller for this tag line: --Muslims do not immigrate; they colonize--)
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To: Nachum

Hunger strikes are only undertaken against civilized institutions. Could you imagine a hunger strike in the Warsaw Ghetto or Auschwitz? If Ghandi had tried a hunger strike against Stalin instead of Britain, would we even know his name?


16 posted on 06/26/2011 10:14:53 PM PDT by Spok
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To: Steely Tom

Seems to me as a good oportunity to save a bunch of money on food, don’t see a problem here


17 posted on 06/26/2011 10:44:39 PM PDT by munin
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To: DBrow

Let tem eat shi’ite and go to “AllahL..


18 posted on 06/26/2011 11:42:49 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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