Three Palestine Action members end 73-day hunger strike
The prisoners, who are on remand awaiting trial, had demanded Palestine Action is de-proscribed and that the UK ends support for companies that supply weapons to Israel.
Three Palestine Action hunger strikers have ended their 73-day action after they claimed a key demand was met.
On Wednesday, Kamran Ahmed, Heba Muraisi and Lewie Chiaramello announced their decision to end their hunger strikes as Elbit Systems UK failed to win a government contract.
Prisoners for Palestine said that Elbit Systems had lost out on a £2 billion contract that would have seen them train 60,000 British troops a year.
The campaign group said in a statement: "Our prisoners' hunger strike will be remembered as a landmark moment of pure defiance; an embarrassment for the British state.
"Banning a group and imprisoning our comrades has backfired on the British state, direct action is alive and the people will drive Elbit out of Britain for good."
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