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Force-feeding law seeks to oppress Palestinian lives, not save them
Israeli security authorities view hunger striking Palestinian prisoners as political time-bombs that can undermine the occupation’s control. The High Court agrees. In a unanimous decision by a three-justice panel, the Israeli High Court on Sunday approved the legality of the force-feeding law, which was enacted by the Knesset in July 2015. The law allows Israeli authorities to forcibly…
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Amjad Iraqi
September 13, 2016
How a ‘security threat’ disappears in the blink of an eye
A month ago, administrative detainee Muhammad Allan was deemed a major security threat to Israel. Now the army has decided to release him on the condition that he does not go back on hunger strike. By Yael Marom One day a man wakes up to find out he no longer constitutes a threat to the…
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+972 Magazine
September 30, 2015
The Jewish prisoners who went on hunger strike in Iraq
Like Palestinians today, Jewish hunger strikers used the method to demand fair trial and better jail conditions in 1950s Iraq. Orit Bashkin Some have compared the act of hunger striking to terrorism, claiming that there is no difference between a suicide bomber who targets civilians on a bus and a political prisoner who puts himself…
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August 22, 2015
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What if the state is counting on our brain damage?
This week, the state announced that hunger striker Mohammad Allan would be released only if he has suffered irreversible brain damage. But what if this is only part of a greater state system that criminalizes and punishes those who oppose it? By Idan Gillo It sounds like bad satire, or at least a provocative play: a…
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Haokets
August 22, 2015
Israel proposes deportation of Palestinian hunger striker
While petitioners argued that Mohammad Allan, now on his 64th day of a hunger strike, currently poses no risk to security, the state only agreed to his release on the condition that he live outside of the country for four years. The Supreme Court held a hearing on Monday to consider demands to release Mohammad Allan,…
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Amjad Iraqi
August 17, 2015
PHOTOS: Hundreds clash with police at protest for Palestinian hunger striker
‘Today we saw police brutality,’ says a participant at protest for Palestinian hunger striker Muhammad Allan in Ashkelon. ‘They used severe violence against us, as they let the right-wing protesters attack us.’ Text by Rami Younis, Photos by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org Hundreds of Palestinians protested in Ashkelon Sunday night for the release of hunger striker Mohammad…
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Rami Younis
August 17, 2015
Administrative detention being used to push controversial ‘terror law’
A new bill that paves the way for putting Israeli citizens in administrative detention could one day affect activists, human rights workers, and Palestinian citizens of Israel. By Sawsan Khalife’ A week after the Shin Bet recommended that Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon sign off on administrative detention for two Jewish Israelis following the attack in the…
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Sawsan Khalife'
August 16, 2015
Palestinian prisoner in coma after 60 day hunger strike
Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Allan, who has been on hunger strike for two months, fell into a coma Friday morning and was placed on a respirator after his health significantly deteriorated overnight. Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Allan, who has been on hunger strike for 60 days, fell into a coma Friday morning and was placed on a…
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+972 Magazine
August 14, 2015
Israel plans to force-feed hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner
Israeli authorities tell Mohammad Allan, who has been hunger striking to protest being held without charge, that they intend to ask a district court to authorize force-feeding him. Israeli authorities plan to use a brand new “force-feeding” law against a Palestinian man currently being held without charge who is on the 52nd day of a…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
August 8, 2015
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