The condition of a Palestinian journalist on a 48-day hunger strike in an Israeli jail is deteriorating, the man’s wife and a Palestinian official say Monday.
Mohammed al-Qeq is protesting his six-month detention without trial or charge, under a measure called administrative detention that allows the detention of terror suspects. Israel’s internal security agency Shin Bet did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“Al-Qeq is in critical condition after 48 days on hunger strike and his life is at risk,” says Issa Qaraqe, the Palestinian minister of prisoner affairs.
Al-Qeq is being monitored in an Israeli hospital, according to Israel’s prison service, which would not comment on his condition. His wife, Faihaa al-Qeq, says Israel “accused him of incitement.”
Al-Qeq, 33, works as a correspondent for the Saudi channel Al-Majd and also appears as an analyst on channels linked to the Islamic militant group Hamas. Israel has arrested him in the past for his activities with Hamas’s student organization. He was arrested Nov. 21.
Palestinian prisoners have used hunger strikes before to draw attention to their detention without trial or charges. Al-Qeq is the first journalist to do so.
– AP
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