Palestine shuts up shop to support hunger-striking prisoners

Businesses have closed their doors in the West Bank in a gesture of solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails. The prisoners' hunger strike was sparked by a call from Marwan Barghouti, who is widely tipped as the "next Palestinian leader":http://www.euronews.com/2009/11/24/ma... despite currently serving five life sentences in Israel. He wrote an "article":https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/16/op... READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/27/pa... What are the top stories today? Click to watch:    • Top Stories   euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... euronews is available in 13 languages:    / euronewsnetwork   In English: Website: http://www.euronews.com/news Facebook:   / euronews   Twitter:   / euronews   Google+: http://google.com/+euronews VKontakte: http://vk.com/en.euronews