Hunger striker

'Hungry? Eat a sandwich': Palestine Action protesters hospitalized as hunger strike exceeds 40 days

Of the eight protesters participating in the hunger strike, five have been hospitalized as of Thursday.

Palestine Action protesters involved in a hunger strike.
Doctors Michele Ghielmini, Brenno Balestra, Alessandra Guaita and Marco Franzi sit outside the Swiss Parliament building (Bundeshaus) at the start of their hunger strike over Gaza, calling on their government to apply targeted sanctions on Israel over its alleged violations of international law.

Swiss medics start hunger strike over Gaza outside parliament

 Cynthia Nixon and her son Seph.

Actress Cynthia Nixon claims her ‘observant’ Jewish son hunger striking for Gaza

 Hunger striker for the hostages, Rabbi Avidan Freedman outside the Knesset

Hunger strike for hostages outside Knesset continues into second week


Strike Out

If the strike is successful, it could conceivably boost the standing of Barghouti’s Fatah in its ongoing rivalry with Hamas, but Barghouti still has the rest of his life to serve in prison.

Jailed Fatah official Marwan Barghouti

‘NY Times’: Barghouti omission risks credibility of paper

Spayd acknowledged that “a rash of readers have objected – in emails to me and on social media – to what they say was the Times’s distorted characterization of Barghouti.”

PALESTINIANS WALK past graffiti depicting jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, currently serving five life terms for terrorism, on a section of the security wall on the road to Ramallah.

PM Netanyahu slams ‘New York Times’ for Barghouti op-ed

Israeli premier says the paper forgot to mention that the "Palestinian leader" is also a convicted murderer.

Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti gestures before a Jerusalem Magistrates’ Court hearing in 2012.

Watch: Bethlehem clashes break out during hunger strike rally

Tensions flare in Bethlehem between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces.

A Palestinian protester hurls stones towards Israeli troops as he reacts to tear gas during clashes following a protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem April 17, 2017.

Fatah leader to spearhead hunger strike in Israeli prisons

“If they carry out a hunger strike, they carry out a hunger strike.”

Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti gestures before a Jerusalem Magistrates’ Court hearing in 2012.

Hunger striking settlers: Netanyahu must keep pledge to build new settlement

New campaign by Amona families is part of a number of right-wing initiatives designed to pressure Netanyahu to stand against cautionary warnings on settlement building by the Trump Administration.

Settlers start hunger strike to push Netanyahu to build new settlement

Israel, Palestinian lawyer reach agreement to free hunger strikers

“The agreement stipulates that the administrative detention of the two hunger striking prisoners can be renewed one final time for four months on February 1, meaning they will be released on June 1.”

A Palestinian man in Ramallah lies on a bed wears a face covering depicting hunger striking Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qiq

Israel's High Court: Forced feeding of hunger-striking detainees is legal

‘Detainee’s right to make himself ill or near-death by refusing to eat is not the same as the autonomy of regular patient.’

A Hebron man demonstrates in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on a hunger strike in protest at being held in administrative detention

Hunger striker's restraints removed for Court, not for emergency care

The state revealed in Monday’s High Court hearing that leading up to the hearing it had removed all but one of his leg restraints.

A Hebron man demonstrates in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on a hunger strike in protest at being held in administrative detention

Palestinian hunger striker sparks widespread protest

48 join in support against administrative detention.

A Hebron man demonstrates in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on a hunger strike in protest at being held in administrative detention