Friday, 21 November 2008Bethlehem ÔÇô Ma'an ÔÇô A Scottish solidarity activist has been transferred to solitary confinement in an Israeli detention center on Friday after he and two others declared a hunger strike.
British citizen Andrew Muncie relayed a message via his jailed colleagues that he has been isolated and his mobile phone confiscated.
Muncie was arrested along with an American, Darlene Wallach, and an Italian Vittorio Arrigoni, along with 15 Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Gaza. The three activists were accompanying the fishermen, who face daily harassment by the Israeli navy.
The three declared a hunger strike on Thursday night, demanding that Israel return three fishing vessels it seized during Tuesday's raid in Gazan waters. The solidarity campaigners say that the Palestinians who own the boats rely on them for their livelihoods.
Muncie, Wallach, and Arrigoni were among dozens of Palestinian, Israeli and international activists who sailed to the Gaza Strip in the last three months in defiance of an Israeli blockade of the territory.
Meanwhile on Thursday Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered Gaza's borders sealed for the 17th consecutive day, once again blocking critical shipments of food, fuel, medicine, and other goods.
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Friday, 21 November 2008
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