“Three Palestine Action hunger strikers have ended their 73-day action after they claimed a key demand was met.
On Wednesday, Kamran Ahmed, Heba Muraisi and Lewie Chiaramello announced their decision to end their hunger strikes as Elbit Systems UK failed to win a government contract.
Prisoners for Palestine said that Elbit Systems had lost out on a £2 billion contract that would have seen them train 60,000 British troops a year.
The campaign group said in a statement: “Our prisoners’ hunger strike will be remembered as a landmark moment of pure defiance; an embarrassment for the British state.”
I had to admit I thought they’d be crazy enough to continue with their hunger strike. Just at the moment, things were looking critical, they’ve conveniently found an excuse to end it. I’m sure they truly believe that THEIR actions caused Elbit to lose out on the contract, which is a subtle sign of narcissistic features.
IllustriousGerbil on
Sounds like they realised no one cared and came up with a reason to stop so they could try and save face.
LycanIndarys on
>On Wednesday, Kamran Ahmed, Heba Muraisi and Lewie Chiaramello announced their decision to end their hunger strikes as Elbit Systems UK failed to win a government contract.
>Prisoners for Palestine said that Elbit Systems had lost out on a £2 billion contract that would have seen them train 60,000 British troops a year.
>The campaign group said in a statement: “Our prisoners’ hunger strike will be remembered as a landmark moment of pure defiance; an embarrassment for the British state.
Er, any evidence that Elbit not getting the contract was in any way linked to them, rather than just another bid being better?
Because it *sort* of looks like they’re claiming credit for something that is absolutely nothing to do with them, as a way of ending their hunger strike while still claiming victory. Despite the government having completely ignored their demands.
ElCaminoInTheWest on
They were never on a true hunger strike to begin with. Waste of everyone’s time and outrage.
OiseauxDeath on
If they let them hunger strike for 73 days i doubt it figured much into the thinking of this contract
bduk92 on
Sounds to me like they got *really* hungry and realised, unsurprisingly, that their hunger strike wasn’t going to dictate government policy.
StreamWave190 on
And there we go.
You don’t get to guilt and blackmail the judiciary to give you special treatment.
>Amy Gardiner-Gibson, who was visited by Jeremy Corbyn and grew up in a £1.5m house, also demanded that the products available in prison are “BDS compliant”
hitanthrope on
Just to be entirely clear here, you actually don’t really have much of a choice but to stop your “hunger strike”, when the public are starting to ask certain specific questions. Things like, “If these people have been on hunger strike longer than Bobby Sands even survived, how come they are giving press interviews?”
JORGA on
Nothing achieved, still in custody. All fart no shite.
They will have been eating the whole time intermittently
FuzzBuket on
I am glad that the strikers didnt die. Whilst it did end in an abject failure; IMO this has been a stain on our govt and media
I dont think kier or the sky news van should pop down to any prison where someone skips dinner; this was longest hunger strike in the UK, and has been completley ignored by parliment and the media. it is odd how its been almost completley unreported.
These were non violent prisoners, one of whom was moved hundreds of miles from their local prison so itd be harder to accept visit, and who were blocked from reciving their mail.
Obviously it doesnt make great TV and I dont think a hunger strike should automatically make your wishes law, but the fact westminster completley ignored it is inhuman: someones caused themselves permanent damage and has had massive risk of death for what they belive is a humanitarian cause; and labour cant even be arsed with some sort of “we are playing a role in the international community to reduce suffering in gaza” or something? not even a token negotiator? Just hoping they die queietly.
I know Labour is terrified of being called antisemites or whatever, but this all comes off as horribly callous.
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“Three Palestine Action hunger strikers have ended their 73-day action after they claimed a key demand was met.
On Wednesday, Kamran Ahmed, Heba Muraisi and Lewie Chiaramello announced their decision to end their hunger strikes as Elbit Systems UK failed to win a government contract.
Prisoners for Palestine said that Elbit Systems had lost out on a £2 billion contract that would have seen them train 60,000 British troops a year.
The campaign group said in a statement: “Our prisoners’ hunger strike will be remembered as a landmark moment of pure defiance; an embarrassment for the British state.”
I had to admit I thought they’d be crazy enough to continue with their hunger strike. Just at the moment, things were looking critical, they’ve conveniently found an excuse to end it. I’m sure they truly believe that THEIR actions caused Elbit to lose out on the contract, which is a subtle sign of narcissistic features.
Sounds like they realised no one cared and came up with a reason to stop so they could try and save face.
>On Wednesday, Kamran Ahmed, Heba Muraisi and Lewie Chiaramello announced their decision to end their hunger strikes as Elbit Systems UK failed to win a government contract.
>Prisoners for Palestine said that Elbit Systems had lost out on a £2 billion contract that would have seen them train 60,000 British troops a year.
>The campaign group said in a statement: “Our prisoners’ hunger strike will be remembered as a landmark moment of pure defiance; an embarrassment for the British state.
Er, any evidence that Elbit not getting the contract was in any way linked to them, rather than just another bid being better?
Because it *sort* of looks like they’re claiming credit for something that is absolutely nothing to do with them, as a way of ending their hunger strike while still claiming victory. Despite the government having completely ignored their demands.
They were never on a true hunger strike to begin with. Waste of everyone’s time and outrage.
If they let them hunger strike for 73 days i doubt it figured much into the thinking of this contract
Sounds to me like they got *really* hungry and realised, unsurprisingly, that their hunger strike wasn’t going to dictate government policy.
And there we go.
You don’t get to guilt and blackmail the judiciary to give you special treatment.
The Times, 19 December 2025:
# [Hunger striker asks for DVDs and Al Jazeera while on remand](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/hunger-striker-jeremy-corbyn-hdtlcnwrg?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqdG9_F3_A4OcBz4mi_8uDKNgOW0H6Z-Etzbqg5sSfSxyhLyRPJxp9KVW0-WsCA%3D&gaa_ts=69683226&gaa_sig=Z5nfCsHrV0LrZcif9Ubq9MikaQmoapfP41F8r7CG2www7pUFeEzBYFwiRImSJpAiIWSeelQx87OJ_q9op_esjQ%3D%3D)
>Amy Gardiner-Gibson, who was visited by Jeremy Corbyn and grew up in a £1.5m house, also demanded that the products available in prison are “BDS compliant”
Just to be entirely clear here, you actually don’t really have much of a choice but to stop your “hunger strike”, when the public are starting to ask certain specific questions. Things like, “If these people have been on hunger strike longer than Bobby Sands even survived, how come they are giving press interviews?”
Nothing achieved, still in custody. All fart no shite.
They will have been eating the whole time intermittently
I am glad that the strikers didnt die. Whilst it did end in an abject failure; IMO this has been a stain on our govt and media
I dont think kier or the sky news van should pop down to any prison where someone skips dinner; this was longest hunger strike in the UK, and has been completley ignored by parliment and the media. it is odd how its been almost completley unreported.
These were non violent prisoners, one of whom was moved hundreds of miles from their local prison so itd be harder to accept visit, and who were blocked from reciving their mail.
Obviously it doesnt make great TV and I dont think a hunger strike should automatically make your wishes law, but the fact westminster completley ignored it is inhuman: someones caused themselves permanent damage and has had massive risk of death for what they belive is a humanitarian cause; and labour cant even be arsed with some sort of “we are playing a role in the international community to reduce suffering in gaza” or something? not even a token negotiator? Just hoping they die queietly.
I know Labour is terrified of being called antisemites or whatever, but this all comes off as horribly callous.