(Times of Israel) Eliyahu Kamisher - The Israel Prison Service released a video on Sunday that appears to show Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti eating in his prison cell on April 27 and May 5 while leading a hunger strike. (Jerusalem Post) An Israel Prison Service official told Channel 2 on Monday that the IPS sought to induce hunger strike leaders to eat by hiding food in their cells. Most of them, however, resisted the temptation, the official said. Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Sunday that "Barghouti is a murderer and hypocrite who urged his fellow prisoners to strike and suffer while he ate behind their backs."
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