Palestinian PM visits hunger strike families
(17 Aug 2004) Ramallah, West Bank. 1. Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qureia arrives 2. Ahmed Qureia inside tent 3. Banner in support of the Palestinian prisoners 4. Family members of prisoners greeting the Prime minister 5. Qureia shaking hands with relatives of prisoners and holding pictures 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmed Qureia, Palestinian Prime Minister: "The world has to understand the Israeli violations, on the one side they are expanding settlements, they are torturing and violating the prisoners, on the other side, on the third side they are building the wall. The world should understand and move to do something to standby our people and our prisoners and their right for independence and the right for an independent state". 7. Qureia standing with woman holding picture of a relative of a prisoner 8. Qureia leaves Nablus, West Bank. 9. Israeli jeep driving through street 10. Israeli soldiers taking three Palestinians from building 11. Palestinians put in jeep 12. Jeep driving away STORYLINE: Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia showed his support on Tuesday for the thousands of Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israeli prisons. Qureia visited a tent in Ramallah, where relatives of the prisoners are gathered in solidarity with the prisoners who have been on hunger strike since Sunday. Qureia said the world had to "understand Israeli "violations" of the prisoners' human rights. Qureia was sitting with family members of the prisoners who showed him pictures of the prisoners and spoke with him about the hardships of their lives since the arrests by the Israel authorities. In Nablus, the Israeli army imposed a curfew and conducted arrests. Israeli soldiers entered a building and arrested three Palestinians who they claimed were involved in terrorist activity. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
