been released fron jail after it was establiehed that he was suffering from cancerof the colon. His la$yer, Ur. fgalid Fahum, applied to the Attorney-Genera I for an aulhorlzation for his client to go abroad for treatment. The reguest was granted but on condition that Freltah sign an undertaklng not to relurn to l.lablus for oneyear. The man and his fanily reportedly refuaed to sign such an undertaklng.(lediot Aharonot, 5 lfarch 1985)u40/?02 Eng1i6h Prge 97 292. On 7 April 1985, lt nas reported that the 400 securitt prlsonera in Ashkelon Priaon had agreed to halt their five-week hunger strike, during which they refuscdto eat cooked,food' after they received a letter froo Prlsons Service Connlseioner Rafael Suisaa, in Hhich he said that sone of the prlsonersr deoandB had been oet. Anong the prisonersr deoands r$et by the recently appointed prlaons Servlce Comolsaioner rrere the possibil-ity of sending eight letterB per ftrntha lnatead ofaix, a promlse to consider lmproving the prisonera' food by uslng oriental splces and a Promise to conslder provldlng books to the prtsoners. Requests concernlngthe overcrondlng in the ce116 and oedical treatment by prlvate physlclans uererejected. (!d3E!3, Jerusaleq post, ? AprlI 1985) 293. on 17 January 1985, Knesset member Mattltyahu Peled srote a Ietter to 8j.4!g,,in response to an article in that newspaper de6crlbing condltions in the prrart Pri6on. In bls letter, Knesset oember Peled confirmed that he and lbh.noed lrtl.rl' t,ho also vlsited tbe Farata prlson, discovered that the prison roons were overcroeded ulth young school pupils. fn the presence of the conoander of theinstitutlon they were fold of cruel lnterrogations to which sooe of the youths hrd been subjected, such as covering the head eibh sacks, bands tied for oany hoursl they lrere told that often the detainees were not taken out for a dally salkt they san that the detalnees nere not giv€n books and nerrspapersl they uere told thrt the
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a collection of news articles or reports about various events and issues in Israel, including the release of a prisoner from jail, a hunger strike by prisoners, and the conditions in a prison. These events seem to be related to human rights, social issues, and governance, which are not directly related to economic or environmental topics.

**Category**
Health, Humanitarian aid and relief