"Late on Wednesday, Prisoners for Palestine said the decision not to grant Elbit Systems UK the contract, under which it would have trained 60,000 British troops a year, fulfilled a key demand. It said the company had won more than 10 public contracts since 2012, and so the decision by the Ministry of Defence marked a shift in thinking among officials."
"On Wednesday, Heba Muraisi, 31, would have been on day 73 of refusing food, the same number of days as reached by the Irish republican hunger striker Kieran Doherty, who survived the longest of 10 men who died in a 1981 action. The earliest death among the Irish republicans was after 46 days, raising fears about the risk to life of the prisoners in jail awaiting trial for offences relating to protests claimed by Palestine Action."
Three Palestine Action-affiliated prisoners ended hunger strikes after the government decided not to award a 2bn contract to Elbit Systems UK. Four other prisoners who had paused their protests also chose not to continue. Prisoners for Palestine described the contract decision, which would have trained 60,000 British troops a year, as fulfilling a key demand and noted Elbit had won more than 10 public contracts since 2012. A meeting between national prison healthcare leaders and the hunger strikers took place at the behest of the Ministry of Justice to discuss prison conditions and treatment recommendations. All involved prisoners have begun refeeding under health guidelines.
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