Foreign activists stage sit-in at Israeli jails

The sit-ins organized by the prisoner’s committee, the detainee’s society, and the international campaign to release Palestinian sick prisoners were part of a series of activity in solidarity with captives in general and sick and hunger striking captives in particular.

The participants hoisted photos of sick pcaptives nd hunger strikers in addition to banners in various languages and chanted anti-occupation slogans and freedom songs.

A spokesperson for the campaign said in a press release on Saturday that the sit-in was organized in cooperation with local prisoners’ rights committees.

She said that the campaign would escalate on the international level to protect captives and to stop Israel’s crimes against them.

The spokeswoman said that it was about time for the world to act and assume its responsibility.

She vowed to work for rallying world support for the Palestinian captives.