Palestinian prisoners stage sit-in in their prison yards

The Supreme Emergency Committee of the Captive Movement decided to stage sit-in in the prisons yards after Friday prayers in response to the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people and in support of the prisoners and Al-Quds issues.

As part of their escalating protest program, the prisoners decided today to stage sit-ins in their prison yards while wearing the prison uniform.  

Earlier this week, the Captive Movement declared a set of protest steps in all Israeli prisons that include a mass disobedience and an open hunger strike next Ramadan.

According to the announcement, the protest steps came in rejection of the Israeli punitive measures imposed against the prisoners since the right-wing minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was sworn in as national security minister in the new Israeli government.

The statement pointed out that the Palestinian prisoners are readying themselves for organized disobedience, which they anticipate will escalate into a full-scale hunger strike.