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<div class="article-meta"><span class="createdate"> Wednesday, 22 December 2010 13:30 </span></div>
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<div class="img_caption null" style="width:250px;"><img class="caption" title="&quot;It is known that the PA cooperates with the Israeli occupation on security [matters],&quot;" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/images/article_images/news/middle-east/hassan-nafaa-cairo-university-d.jpg" border="0" alt="West Bank detainees on hunger strike draw attention to the misery of their situation" />&#8220;It is known that the PA cooperates with the Israeli occupation on security [matters],&#8221;</p>
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<p>A  Cairo University political science professor has criticised the  Palestinian Authority for continuing to hold political prisoners.  Professor Hassan Nafaa said that the current hunger strike by detainees  in PA jails constitutes a protest about their mistreatment and draws  attention to &#8220;the misery of the Palestinian situation&#8221;. The detention of  those who resist Israel&#8217;s military occupation is, added Prof. Nafaa,  part of the PA&#8217;s commitment to the Zionist state and the US.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is known that the PA cooperates with the Israeli occupation on  security [matters],&#8221; he said, &#8220;and we know that this is under American  supervision and detention is part of this deal.&#8221; According to Prof.  Nafaa there is a commitment by the PA to control the security situation  in the West Bank which, it believes, will lead to a reasonable peace  agreement. &#8220;However, what is happening is that while the PA does what is  required of it, the Israelis do not fulfil their obligations; this is  the dilemma the Palestinians face.&#8221;</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/1873-west-bank-detainees-on-hunger-strike-draw-attention-to-the-misery-of-their-situation">West Bank detainees on hunger strike draw attention to the misery of their situation</a>.</p>
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