Marwan Barghouti promised his wife a normal life. She's been waiting for 32 years.
Forty days ago, my husband, Marwan Barghouti, began a hunger strike from his cell in an Israeli prison—alongside over one thousand other Palestinian prisoners. The reason they are all putting their lives at risk is simple: they want to be treated humanely and with dignity. Considering that some of these prisoners are at risk of imminent death, we all wonder why the world has not intervened.
I myself have not touched Marwan in a decade and a half and I dream of being able to hug him for merely a second, especially in times such as these.Read more: Palestinians call for Pizza Hut boycott after Facebook post mocked hunger strikersIsrael says it respects international standards when it comes to how it treats our political prisoners.
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