Maher al-Akhras Released by Israel after Heroic 103-Day Hunger Strike
Israel released on Thursday, November 26, the Palestinian political prisoner Maher al-Akhras, who waged a 103-day hunger strike to protest his administrative detention since July 27. Al-Akhras was arrested and held without charge or being brought before a judge because of his alleged membership in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. On Thursday he was transferred from his guarded…