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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

force-feeding law

FILE: Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in support of Palestinian Khader Adnan, a senior member of Islamic Jihad jailed in Israel without trial, at the Al-Aqsa mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem on June 5, 2015. (Sliman Khader/Flash90)
May 2, 2023, 1:43 pm
Daily Briefing May 2: Gaza vows reprisal after prisoner dies. How concerned is IDF?
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on Khader Adnan; political correspondent Tal Schneider on Knesset theatrics; and legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on a very polite US Speaker McCarthy
By ToI Staff
Israeli Doctors for Human Rights protest near the Knesset in Jerusalem against force feeding, June 16, 2014. (Flash90)
September 11, 2016, 6:05 pm
Supreme Court upholds controversial ‘force-feeding’ bill
Law strikes ‘delicate balance’ between upholding rights of hunger-striking inmates and defending public interest, justices say
By ToI Staff
An Iron Dome battery shooting a missile interceptor near Ashdod. (Flash90)
August 20, 2015, 3:53 pm
Iron Dome deployed to Ashdod amid fears over hunger striker’s health
Condition of detainee Mohammed Allaan begins to improve, but Israeli officials fear a deterioration could spark revenge missiles from Gaza
By ToI Staff
Leonid Eidelman seen during the Medical Federation Conference, after he won the elections for Chairman of the Federation, in Jerusalem's Convention Center, on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
August 20, 2015, 9:42 am
Force-feeding is physical torture, top doctor says
After court ruling on hunger-striking Palestinian, Israel Medical Association head insists there’s no room for politics in medicine
By Adiv Sterman
File: Shireen Issawi, left, at a demonstration for Palestinian prisoners. (screen capture: YouTube)
August 18, 2015, 12:33 am
Palestinian female prisoner launches hunger strike
Attorney Shireen Issawi, held without trial for suspected involvement in terror, strikes in support of Mohammed Allaan
By ToI Staff
Maazouze, the mother of Palestinian hunger striker Mohammed Allaan, holds a portrait of her son during a rally calling for his release in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on August 9, 2015. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
August 16, 2015, 5:56 pm
Palestinian hunger striker’s lawyer asks High Court to release him
Alleged Islamic Jihad activist Mohammed Allaan enters 61st day of strike; officials weigh force-feeding to save his life
By ToI Staff
Maazouze, the mother of Palestinian hunger striker Mohammed Allaan, holds a portrait of her son during a rally calling for his release in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on August 9, 2015. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
August 14, 2015, 11:12 am
Hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner loses consciousness
Mohammed Allaan, held without trial on suspicion of terror activities, has gone 59 days without solid food
By ToI Staff
Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allaan (AFP)
August 12, 2015, 10:41 pm
Clashes break out at protest over hunger-striking Palestinian
Violence erupts after right-wing activists arrive at demonstration outside Ashkelon’s Barzilai Hospital
By ToI Staff
Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allaan (AFP)
August 10, 2015, 8:39 am
Doctors refuse to force-feed fasting Palestinian inmate
Hunger striker Mohammed Allaan moved from Beersheba hospital to facility in Ashkelon; 100 other prisoners quit strike
By Avi Lewis
Illustrative photo of a prisoner in leg cuffs (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
August 9, 2015, 8:42 am
Dozens of Palestinian prisoners said set to join hunger strike
Inmates, mostly Fatah members, threaten to join protest by over 100 prisoners over incarceration conditions
By ToI Staff
Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allaan, a member of Islamic Jihad, has been on hunger strike for 63 days as of August 18, 2015. (AFP)
August 9, 2015, 4:25 am
Force-feeding hunger strikers a human rights violation, says UN
Israel said to be readying first-ever forced feeding as terror suspect Mohammed Allaan enters 56th day of fast
By ToI Staff
Palestinians demonstrate in support of hunger strikers in Israeli prisons, April 9, 2013. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)
June 30, 2014, 1:34 pm
Force-feeding bill to move to final Knesset vote
As intra-coalition compromise paves way for passing of measure, opposition MKs blast law as ‘idiotic’
By Yifa Yaakov
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint press conference with Pietro Grasso, President of the Italian Senate, in the Israeli parliament on June 25, 2014. (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/FLASH90)
June 25, 2014, 6:14 pm
PM praises officials for ending prisoner strike
Netanyahu promises fewer such protests in the future, after campaign fizzles out due to lack of interest
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative photo of Palestinians playing soccer while rallying for hunger-striking prisoners outside Ofer Prison in the West Bank, on June 11, 2014. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
June 25, 2014, 12:53 pm
Hunger strike busted by lack of attention — Palestinian source
Official says that prisoners agreed to deal with authorities because their issue had faded from the public agenda
By Avi Issacharoff and AFP
Palestinians rallying in Ramallah for hunger striking prisoners in Ramallah (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
June 25, 2014, 12:17 pm
Force-feeding bill to come to vote after deal struck
Lawmakers hammer out compromise under which prisons will only be able to forcefully nourish hunger striking inmates if they are in mortal danger
By Spencer Ho
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