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Illustrative: An Islamic State terrorist waves the jihadist organization's flag (CC BY-SA Alatele fr, Flickr)
October 20, 2016, 3:00 pm
US man sentenced to 30 years for trying to aid Islamic State
Authorities say the Californian bought a one-way plane ticket to Israel with a 6-hour layover in Turkey
By AP
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
Israeli Medical Association ethics chief Dr. Tammy Karni (Israeli Medical Association)
August 12, 2015, 4:52 am
Force feeding law legally and ethically flawed, medical official says
Israeli Medical Association ethics chief Tammy Karni says doctors won’t bend standards to abide by new legislation
By Elhanan Miller
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 11, 2015, 1:31 am
Second hospital refuses to force-feed Palestinian prisoner
As Israeli leaders shuttle hunger-striker between doctors, they encounter refusal to disregard his will at every turn
By Itamar Sharon
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
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, 10:25 pm
Israel said setting up ER for hunger-striking Palestinians
Decision by PM and senior officials comes after Beersheba hospital refuses to force treatment on Mohammed Allaan
By ToI Staff and AFP
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
Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allaan, a member of Islamic Jihad, has been on hunger strike for 63 days as of August 18, 2015. (AFP)
August 8, 2015, 8:32 pm
Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike may be force fed
Doctors instructed to use controversial method only if life of Mohammed Allaan in immediate danger
By AFP and ToI Staff
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