Israel to force-feed 1st Palestinian hunger striker following law approval
Israeli officials have announced a decision to force-feed a Palestinian detainee who has been on hunger strike for nearly two months, his lawyer says.
Jamil al-Khatib said on Saturday that Israeli officials are seeking a court order to force-feed Mohammed Allaan, who has been held without charge since November 2014.
"I have informed him of this but it does not alter his intention to continue his strike," Khatib said, adding that the activist has been refusing food for 55 days by Saturday.
According to the lawyer, Allaan was placed in intensive hospital care when his body showed signals of failure to absorb drinking water.
Global action urged
In a statement released on Saturday, Sami Abu Zuhri, the spokesman for the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, said that Israel’s decision to force-feed the Palestinian prisoner is a dangerous move which could endanger his life. He also warned the Israeli regime against the repercussions of the practice.
Zuhri also called on the international community to take action to save the Palestinians held in Israeli prisons and to break its silence on the Tel Aviv’s crimes against the Palestinian nation.
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned on Friday that Allaan was "at immediate risk" of death.
Palestinian officials also warned Saturday that the force-feeding procedure would endanger the life of the Palestinian prisoners.
The force-feeding would be the first case since last month’s approval of a law by the Israeli parliament (Knesset) that authorized the practice.
Allaan is held under the administrative detention policy, which allows indefinite imprisonment terms without charge.
Palestinians in Israeli jails regularly go on hunger strike in protest against the prison conditions as well as the administrative detention policy.
The law, which was passed on July 30, seeks to prevent Palestinian prisoners from pressuring the Israeli regime by refusing food.
The Tel Aviv regime has long been concerned that hunger strikes by Palestinians in Israeli prisons could end in death and trigger waves of protests in the occupied lands.
More than 7,000 Palestinians are reportedly incarcerated in 17 Israeli prisons and detention centers, many of them without charge or trial.
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