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Palestinian hunger striker recalls being force-fed

It's been 35 years and nine days since the former Palestinian prisoner was force-fed. "The pain was larger than words," Abdulrahim Nubani told Al Jazeera. Although he spent 20 years in Israeli prison...

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Palestinian Authority condemns Israel’s plan to build 300 homes

The Palestinian Authority has condemned Israel’s decision to build 300 new homes in the West Bank settlement of Beit El as compensation for the destruction of two buildings in the community that...

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Israel re-arrests Palestinian hunger striker

Israeli regime forces have rearrested Khader Adnan, a Palestinian hunger striker, a day after he was released from an Israeli jail. The veteran hunger striker was reportedly heading into the...

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DW.COM Israel passes law sanctioning force-feeding prisoners

News, Analysis and Service from Germany and Europe - in 30 Languages Israel's Knesset on Thursday passed a law allowing for prison authorities to force feed hunger striking prisoners. The Israeli...

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Israel frees Palestinian hunger striker

Israel overnight released a Palestinian prisoner who staged a 56-day hunger strike while being detained for a year without charge, a spokeswoman said yesterday. “Khader Adnan, who was in administrative...

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Israel approves new homes in settlement after demolishing two buildings

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel gave final approval on Wednesday for plans to build 300 new homes in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, announcing the move as it carried out a court demolition...

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Civil society organizations urge MKs to vote against force-feeding (B'Tselem...

(Source: B'Tselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories) Say no to force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike Vote against the law! We - civil society and human...

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News24.com | Israel authorises force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners

Israel's parliament has passed into law the ability to force-feed prisoners on hunger strike, a move that has met vehement opposition from the country's medical association. ......

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Israel passes law allowing force-feeding of prisoners

30 July 2015 From the section Middle East Khader Adnan was one of the most high-profile cases of a Palestinian prisoner going on hunger strike The Israeli parliament has passed a law allowing the...

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Israel detains former Palestinian hunger-striker

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police detained a Palestinian militant leader on Monday for questioning over his travel to Jerusalem, a police spokeswoman said, a day after he was freed from prison in a...

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Israel passes contentious law allowing force-feeding of inmates

Amid fierce objections from doctors and rights activists, Israel’s parliament passed a controversial law Thursday permitting the forced feeding of inmates on hunger strike, most of whom are...

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Israeli lawyer: Palestinians 'have the right to fight'

The Israeli parliament has passed a new law legalising the force-feeding of prisoners on hunger strikes. For Palestinians in Israeli jails, hunger strikes are a strong mode of protesting detention and...

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UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS URGE ISRAEL TO HALT LEGALIZATION OF FORCE-FEEDING OF...

(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 28 July 2015 GENEVA (28 July 2015) - Two United Nations human rights experts today reiterated their call on the Israeli authorities to stop the process...

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Palestinian stone throwers face up to 20 years in jail

The Israeli parliament has approved a law that imposes up to 20 years in prison on people convicted of throwing rocks at moving vehicles, drawing condemnation from Palestinian activists and officials....

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Knesset passes bill allowing to force-feed hunger strikers (B'Tselem - The...

(Source: B'Tselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories) Say no to force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike Vote against the law! We - civil society and human...

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Israel's new law permits force-feeding of prisoners

London, July 30 (ANI): The Israeli Parliament has passed a law allowing the force-feeding of prisoners. Under the law,...

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Israel ramps up punishments for stone-throwers, Palestinians protest

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's parliament imposed tougher penalties of up to 20 years prison for people throwing stones at vehicles and roads, a move one Palestinian official branded racist and...

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Israel declares stone-throwers terrorist, approves 20 years prison

JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament imposed tougher penalties of up to 20 years prison for people throwing stones at vehicles and roads, a move one Palestinian official branded racist and excessive....

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Is force-feeding a form of torture?

Hunger strikes have become an important form of protest for Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons. But the Israeli parliament has just passed a new law which would allow authorities to force-feed...

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Israel To Jail Stone-Throwers For Up To 20 Years

JERUSALEM, July 21 (Reuters) - Israel's parliament imposed tougher penalties of up to 20 years prison for people throwing stones at vehicles and roads, a move one Palestinian official branded racist...

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