The High Court rules that “there is no change in the justification for holding [Mohammad Allaan] in administrative detention,” and that the court hearing concerning the possible release of the hunger striker will resume on Wednesday.
Earlier, MK Youssef Jabarin, a member of the Joint (Arab) List, told The Times of Israel that prisoner Allaan, who is currently in a coma and has been described in critical condition following over 60 days of a hunger strike, must be released immediately as his life is in danger.
Maazouze, the mother of Mohammed Allaan, a Palestinian prisoner who is on a long-term hunger strike, holds a portrait of her son during a rally calling for his release in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on August 9, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)
“Administrative detention runs counter to the basic principles of fair trial,” said Jabarin, a Georgetown University-trained international law professor. He adds that 400 Palestinians are currently being held by Israel in administrative detention, including 10 on hunger strike.
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