Liberated Palestinian prisoners express support for hunger-striking peers in UK

Palestinian prisoners recently released from Israeli jails have voiced their support for hunger-striking inmates currently held in British prisons.

The Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network said in a report on Sunday that Palestinian detainees freed from Israeli jails had expressed solidarity with six prisoners on prolonged hunger strike: Qesser Zuhrah, Amu Gib, Heba Muraisi, Teuta Hoxha, Jon Cink, and Kamran Ahmed.

The inmates—known collectively as Prisoners for Palestine and affiliated with Palestine Action—are in the fourth week of a rolling and indefinite hunger strike in UK prisons. The protest began on November 2, 2025, marking the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, a public statement issued by the British Government in 1917 which supported Zionists and their efforts to establish a state.

UK Palestine Action prisoners launch hunger strike over ‘systematic abuse’

A number of pro-Palestinian activists in various prisons across Britain said they were beginning a collective hunger strike on November 2.

They are accused of involvement in the shutdown of an Israeli-linked weapons manufacturing facility operated by Elbit Systems in the UK, as well as the alleged decommissioning of two British military aircraft used in surveillance and refueling operations supporting the Israeli military during its genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.

The Prisoners for Palestine hunger strikers have put forward several demands, including an end to the censorship of letters and books and full freedom of expression; immediate release on bail; the right to a fair trial; the de-proscription of Palestine Action; and the closure of all Elbit weapons factories in Britain.

Palestinian prisoners freed from Israeli jails and now living in exile sent messages of support, praising the hunger strikers for waging what they called the “battle of empty stomachs” inside British prisons.

“… we draw close to your courage and determination today as you wage yet another just battle against injustice and oppression inside British prisons,” said Abdel-Nasser Issa in a message on behalf of displaced Palestinian prisoners.

“We too have suffered under British laws, which remain instruments of repression in the occupation’s courts—while our children continue to face the weapons supplied through Britain’s support for the killing machine in Gaza,” he said.

Issa, born to a Palestinian refugee family in 1968, spent 30 years in Israeli prisons. He survived gunshots by Israeli forces in 1982 and was repeatedly arrested between 1985 and 1988 before receiving two life sentences plus 20 years for his role in the armed Palestinian resistance.

While in prison, he helped establish the Hamas prisoners’ leadership body and founded a cultural and educational program for detainees. He authored several books and papers and obtained a master’s degree in 2014. Last month, he addressed an audience in Athens virtually after an effort by pro-Israel groups to prevent him from speaking.

UK police arrest nearly 500 at pro-Palestine Action protest in London

British police have arrested nearly 500 people in central London during a mass demonstration in support of Palestine Action, a direct action movement committed to ending global support for the genocidal Israeli regime.

Hundreds of protesters have been arrested across Britain for holding signs reading, “I support Palestine Action. I oppose genocide”, an act deemed a violation under the UK’s Terrorism Act.

Tuesday, November 25, has been declared an international day of action in support of the prisoners and to call for the de-proscription of Palestine Action.

Pro-Palestinian supporters plan to gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday to voice support for the detainees and demand the organization’s removal from the terror list.

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