It's pretty amazing to me how little play this seems to be getting outside of Israel, even in the blogosphere. Does no one care about the Paelstinians anymore? Or is the fact that Palestinians wanting to kill themselves is not news?

Arafat joins prisoners' hunger strike

More Palestinians join hunger strike

2,264 out of a total of 3,800 male Palestinian detainees have already joined a hunger strike being waged by prisoners in security facilities around the country.