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<p><strong>Maan News Agency &#8211; February 17, 2012 &#8211; By Nidal al-Mughrabi</strong></p>
<p>GAZA CITY (Reuters) &#8212; Several thousand Palestinians rallied in Gaza and the West Bank on Friday in support of jailed hunger-striker Khader Adnan, who is on the 62nd day of a hunger strike to protest against his detention by Israel.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are all Khader Adnan,&#8221; chanted crowds gathered in the Gaza Strip, with activists from the main political parties joining forces in a rare display of Palestinian unity.</p>
<p>Adnan, 33, has been refusing to eat since mid-December following his arrest in the occupied West Bank. He is being held under so-called &#8220;administrative detention&#8221;, which means Israel can detain him indefinitely without trial or charge.</p>
<p>Islamic Jihad has said it will escalate violence if Adnan dies, following reports that his health was deteriorating.</p>
<p>&#8220;We will pursue our Jihad and resistance. We will sail in the sea of blood and martyrdom until we land on the shore of pride and dignity,&#8221; top Islamic Jihad leader Nafez Azzam said during a Friday sermon at Gaza&#8217;s oldest al-Omari mosque.</p>
<p>Physicians for Human Rights, which has been monitoring Adnan&#8217;s condition in an Israeli hospital, said on Friday he was &#8220;in immediate danger of death&#8221;, adding that he had suffered &#8220;significant muscular atrophy&#8221;.</p>
<p>The Israeli army has said in a statement that Adnan was arrested &#8220;for activities that threaten regional security&#8221;. It has not given further details.</p>
<p>Adnan owns a bakery and a fruit and vegetable shop in his West Bank village, Arabeh. He has served as a spokesman for the Islamic Jihad, which describes him as a local leader.</p>
<p>More hunger strikers</p>
<p>At least 5,000 people took to the streets of Gaza, waving a mix of black Jihad flags, the green flags of Hamas and the yellow flags of Fatah, the movement of President Mahmoud Abbas.</p>
<p>Witnesses said hundreds had also demonstrated in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.</p>
<p>Palestinian officials said many other prisoners in Israeli jails had started hunger strikes to support Adnan, including Hassan Salama, a senior commander of Hamas who is serving life terms for masterminding suicide bombings against Israelis.</p>
<p>Prisoners have regularly staged hunger strikes in the past to try to gain better conditions or to denounce the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.</p>
<p>However, such protests usually end quickly and officials said no-one had persisted for as long as Adnan, who is married with two children and whose wife is expecting a third infant.</p>
<p>Islamic Jihad&#8217;s Azzam accused Arab states and Western powers of ignoring Adnan&#8217;s protest. &#8220;Shame on the nations of hundreds of millions (of Muslims) for the fact that Khader Adnan is still in prison,&#8221; he said in his Friday sermon.</p>
<p>Hamas, which governs Gaza, said it was pushing the Arab League and Egypt to press for the release of Adnan.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Palestinian people, with all its components and its factions, will never abandon the hero prisoners, especially those who lead this hunger strike battle,&#8221; said Hamas&#8217;s top authority in the territory, Ismail Haniyeh.</p>
<p>PHR said Adnan could die even if he broke his fast. &#8220;There is a risk to his health even if he starts eating now because his system has got used to not having any food at all,&#8221; a spokesman said.</p>
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