“Prisoners for Palestine” — A Mass Hunger Strike Shakes British Prisons on the Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

“Prisoners for Palestine” — A Mass Hunger Strike Shakes British Prisons on the Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

In an unprecedented scene inside British prisons, dozens of political detainees have announced the launch of a mass hunger strike beginning on November 2, in solidarity with the Palestinian people and in protest of what they described as “political persecution” for supporting the Palestinian resistance and opposing Britain’s complicit policies with the Zionist entity. This move comes at a moment of deep symbolic meaning — coinciding with the ann…