A Palestinian held water and salt, the symbol of the hunger-strike during a demonstration in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian administrative prisoners, Nablus, West Bank, May 26, 2014 (Photo Activestills)

Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations deliver a letter supporting hunger strikers

Dear United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, We, the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the undersigned human rights organizations, request your immediate intervention on behalf of the approximately 125 Palestinian detainees and prisoners currently on hunger strike in Israeli prisons. The hunger strike commenced on 24 April 2014 when approximately 90 detainees…