- Irish Political Activist Ken O'Keefe suffered concussion
and bruising at the hands of an Israeli prison guard Monday evening, five
days into his hunger strike against detention and possible deportation.
He was arrested last Thursday for attempting to enter Gaza to discuss the
P10K plan with representatives from Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
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- P10K - Palestine 10,000 - seeks to bring 10,000 western
citizens to act as international observers in the Palestinian Territories
in exchange for a cessation of offensive operations inside Israel. P10K
is also calling on Israel to refrain from its attacks and to withdraw immediately
from the Palestinian Occupied Territories - its obligation under international
law.
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- O'Keefe said: "I was beaten and put in shackles
and then had my head bashed into the wall which caused a concussion and
brusing. I responded by saying to him, 'makes you feel big does it, little
man?' He retaliated by pulling out his penis."
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- This latest story emerged through a phone call to a friend
which O'Keefe made following a visit by an official from the Irish Embassy
in Tel Aviv. After days in solitary confinement, O'Keefe has also been
moved into a communal area of the prison.
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