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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/03/international/middleeast/03mideast.html
Palestinian Prisoners End Hunger Strike
(New York Times) Steven Erlanger- After 18 days, Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails called off their hunger strike on Thursday, and while Palestinian officials tried to put on a brave face, there was little doubt that they had suffered a significant defeat. Yaakov Ganot, head of the Prisons Service, said the strike was set to fail since the various Palestinian terrorist factions could not succeed in uniting. "Hamas and Islamic Jihad barely succeeded in getting the Fatah to join the strike," he said. (Jerusalem Post)