Khafsh: Talks with Israeli prison service ended in failure

Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of the Ahrar center for human rights and prisoners’ affairs, has said that prisoners’ negotiations with the Israeli prison service (IPS) had ended in failure.

He said in a statement to the PIC on Sunday evening that an IPS committee led by former Israeli intelligence chief failed to reach an agreement with representatives of the Palestinian prisoners.

Khafsh noted that the IPS committee asked for delaying the hunger strike in return for a promise to solve most of the prisons’ problems.

However, the prisoners refused and insisted on going ahead in the hunger strike, scheduled to start on Tuesday, unless their demands are met topped by ending the isolation policy.