The founder of Hamas launched a hunger strike to protest the detention of what he described as “political prisoners” held in Palestinian jails. Sheik Ahmed Yassin said he was joining a fast begun last week by more than 60 prisoners held in a West Bank jail. Human rights groups have criticized the Palestinian Authority for arresting members of opposition groups, many of them from Hamas.
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