Palestinian hunger striker tests Israeli force-feeding law
EINABOS, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian hunger striker Mohammed Allan spent his college years as an activist and leader in the student wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group at a West Bank...
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View ArticleIsraeli force-feeding law pits doctors against state
RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — Hospital-bound and shackled, Palestinian detainee Mohammed Allan was 60 days into his hunger strike, launched in protest of his detention without charge in an Israeli jail,...
View Article48 Palestinian prisoners continue hunger strike in Israeli jails
Nearly 50 Palestinian prisoners have been on hunger strike for days at detention facilities in the occupied territories in a protest action against the Israeli regime’s practice of administrative...
View ArticlePalestinian inmates on hunger strike in support of fellow prisoners
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) says 50 Palestinian prisoners from the movement of Fatah and Islamic Jihad have gone on an open hunger strike in solidarity with their fellow inmates Muhammad...
View ArticleIsrael re-arrests Palestinian hunger striker Allan
The Israeli regime has reinstated the administrative detention of Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allan who has recently been on a two-month hunger strike. "Mohammed Allan, whose condition has improved,...
View ArticlePalestinian hunger striker tests Israeli force-feeding law
Click photo to enlarge FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015 file photo, Palestinian girls, from left, Ghofran, Lane, and Mary stand next to a poster showing their uncle Mohammed Allan at the family...
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Scores of Palestinian prisoners have joined a mass hunger strike underway in Israeli prisons in a protest campaign which entered its eighth day on Monday. The media committee established to support the...
View ArticleIsrael remands 38 Palestinians in administrative detention
Israeli officials have issued 38 new administrative detention orders against Palestinians, including a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council as well as two former hunger strikers. The...
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Israeli authorities have reportedly issued the so-called administrative detention order for 34 Palestinian detainees in defiance of widespread criticisms against the practice. The rights group...
View ArticleAt least 65 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails
At least 65 Palestinian prisoners have reportedly gone on hunger strike at detention facilities in the occupied territories in a show of protest at the Tel Aviv regime’s practice of administrative...
View ArticleIsrael relocates Palestinian hunger strikers to different jail
The Israeli regime has transferred to a different prison at least six Palestinian inmates who have been staging a hunger strike over their detention. According to reports on Tuesday, five of the...
View ArticleHunger strike by Palestinian inmates enters 5th day
A hunger strike launched by Palestinian detainees in protest against their dire conditions in Israeli custody has entered its fifth day, with more prisoners expected to join the action. At least 120...
View Article250 Palestinian detainees begin mass hunger strike
Some 250 Palestinians being held in Israel’s Negev prison have begun an open-ended hunger strike in protest to their administrative detention. The hunger strike will go on “until Israel’s policy of...
View ArticleScores of jailed Palestinians launch hunger strike
At least 120 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel have launched a hunger strike against their forced removal from one section to another inside a notorious jail. The prisoners launched their hunger...
View ArticlePalestinian prisoners continue hunger strike
Several Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are currently on hunger strike in protest at their illegal detention. The Palestinian National Authority's Committee for Prisoners' Affairs said on Friday...
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