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Former Lebanese prime minister starts hunger strike

May 3, 2017 at 3:36 pm

Image of former Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Al-Hoss [Réseau Voltaire/Wikipedia]

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Al-Hoss announced on Tuesday that he would be starting a hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli jails, Quds Net News reported.

Refaat Badawi, an adviser to the former prime minister, said that Al-Hoss announced his hunger strike during a gathering held in solidarity with Palestine.

The gathering, which was held in Dar Al-Nadwa in Beirut, was attended by several senior Lebanese officials, who stated their support for the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike.

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Al-Hoss is a veteran Lebanese politician, who served as an MP for Beirut for a long time before serving as prime minister for four terms.