Solidarity Vigils Held for Hunger-Striking Palestinian Close to Death
Members of the public held solidarity vigils on Wednesday, October 14, with Palestinian political prisoner Maher Al-Akhras, then in the 83rd day of his hunger strike, and who doctors say may die at any moment. Vigils took place at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot where Al-Akhras is hospitalized in an intensive care unit and in…