Activists from Hadash and the Communist Party of Israel demonstrate in solidarity with the hunger striking Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday evening, May 3, opposite the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv.

B’Tselem: Israel Must Comply with Striking Palestinian Prisoners’ Demands for Improved Conditions

The hunger strike launched by more than a thousand Palestinian prisoners and detainees on April 17 is a non-violent protest focusing on several valid, basic demands for improved prison conditions. Because the Palestinian inmates are held in facilities in Israel, in contravention of international law, Israel imposes severe restrictions on family visits, and many relatives…

Palestinian Communist Prisoners to Join Fatah-Led “Freedom and Dignity” Prisoner Hunger Strike

Palestinian prisoners from across the political spectrum have pledged to join a hunger strike led by Fatah leader Marwan Bargouthi set to begin today, Monday, April 17. Communist prisoners affiliated with the Palestinian People’s Party (PPP) announced they would participate in the “Freedom and Dignity” strike, according to jailed PPP leader and member of the…

Muhammad al-Qiq in Afula hospital on February 10, 2016

Supreme Court Rejects Palestinian Hunger-Striker’s Request to Be Transferred to Palestinian Hospital

Israel’s Supreme Court turned down a petition on Tuesday, February 16, submitted by Palestinian hunger-striker Mohammed al-Qiq requesting that he be transferred from Haemek Hospital in Afula, Israel to a hospital in Ramallah in the West Bank. Al-Qiq, a journalist, has been on a hunger strike for 84 days to protest his administrative detention without…