A handcuffed Palestinian prisoner appea

A handcuffed Palestinian prisoner appears 15 August 2004 from behind the bars of a prison bus , at the Israeli Hadarim jail , some 40 kilometers north-east of Tel Aviv. Some 8,000 Palestinians held in crowded Israeli jails plan launched a mass hunger strike to demand improved detention conditions despite a warning from Israeli authorities that the action will be futile, Palestinian officials said. The population of "security prisoners" in Israeli jails and military holding centers has increased about tenfold since the second intifada broke out in September 2000 in the occupied territories. Amnesty International said in its annual report in May that "at least 1,500 (Palestinians) were held in administrative detention without charge or trial." AFP PHOTO/TAL COHEN (Photo credit should read TAL COHEN/AFP via Getty Images)