Why is Mahmoud Abbas boasting of jailing Palestine’s youth?

‘Six men have launched a hunger strike after being arrested by secret police working for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.
On Sunday, Basil al-Araj, Muhammad Harb, Haitham Siyaj, Muhammad al-Salameen, Ali Dar al-Sheikh and Seif al-Idrisi started refusing food to protest how they are being detained without charge or trial for indefinite periods.
They will consume nothing but water until they are released, their lawyer says.’
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