West Bank: Tensions Rise Following Palestinian Prisoner's Funeral

February 25, 2013 from Al Jazeera English

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are burying a man who died in an Israeli jail. Israel says Arafat Jaradat died of a heart attack, but the Palestinian Authority says the autopsy report showed that he was tortured. His death has sparked days of protests in the occupied territories, including hunger strikes by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Al Jazeera's Nicole Johnston reports from Jaradat's hometown, Sair, near Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

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