PWWSD participates in Rally in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners

The Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development participated in a solidarity sit-in with the prisoners’ hunger strike, in front of Offer prison on Tuesday.  Many employees, workers and volunteers from the PWWSD have taken part in the rally, to express their solidarity with all the prisoners who have been on strike since two weeks.   The strike was launched by detainees affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, protesting the treatment of PFLP leader Ahmad Saadat, who has been held in isolation for three years, but soon other prisoners from different political parties joined in.

Palestinian political parties, factions, NGOs, political and feminist activists, in addition to independents participated in the sit-in.  On her part, Amal Khreishe, the general director of the PWWSD, emphasized the importance of such mass activities to sympathize with the prisoners and support them until freedom.

The Israeli forces tried to break up the rally by firing tear gas toward demonstrators, and by transmitting high-frequent sound waves which caused strong headaches.

The participants held Palestinian flags, photos of loved ones in Israeli custody, and banners denouncing Israeli policies. They also chanted demanding the release of the detainees.