Closer to death than life, Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qeeq has been refusing food for nearly three months to protest against his ill treatment by Israeli authorities while in administrative detention. Many Palestinian prisoners have adopted the tactic of hunger strikes; last summer, Khader Adnan was released from jail after refusing food for 56 days. But many observers fear that the Israelis are trying to put an end to this strategy, which is typically used as a last resort by Palestinian prisoners. "My husband is dying in an Afula hospital," Fayha Shalash, Qeeq's wife, told Al Jazeera. No charges have been put forward in Qeeq's case, although the 33-year-old's lawyers told Al...
↧