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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Samer Issawi

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
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)
June 14, 2015, 6:58 pm
Doctors balk at bill to force-feed Palestinian prisoners
Amid rising criticism, cabinet minister defends legislation that aims to prevent hunger strikes among inmates
By ToI Staff
Palestinians protest outside Jerusalem Magistrate's Court in support of hunger striker Samer Issawi, February 19, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 14, 2015, 2:00 pm
Cabinet green lights bill to force feed prisoners
Public security minister hopes to head protesting inmates off at the pass before possible post-Ramadan mass hunger strike
By ToI Staff
Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 24, 2014, 6:41 pm
State seeks to re-imprison 7 men freed for Shalit
Prosecution says East Jerusalem residents breached release terms, must serve out remainder of their sentences
By Itamar Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo credit: Flash90)
June 24, 2014, 2:22 am
‘PM ordered rearrests of dozens of prisoners freed in Shalit deal’
TV report: Netanyahu was on the defensive after it emerged that convict released in Shalit exchange allegedly killed Israeli father-of-five on Passover eve
By Yifa Yaakov
Palestinian prisoner Samer al-Issawi, who held a hunger strike for several months, flashes the 'V' for victory sign as he celebrates his release from an Israeli jail in the Arab Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, on December 23, 2013. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)
December 25, 2013, 7:48 pm
Liberman: Rearrest Palestinian who called for soldier kidnappings
After his release from prison Monday, longtime hunger-striker Samer al-Issawi issued a call for violence, kidnappings
By Marissa Newman
Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi arrives to his home in Issawiya after he was released in the first phase of the prisoner exchange deal which took place between Hamas and the Israeli government. October 18, 2011. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 23, 2013, 9:28 pm
Palestinian inmate who broke hunger-strike record freed
Samer Issawi, who earned international support after refusing food to protest rearrest, makes his way to East Jerusalem home
By ToI Staff
Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi arrives to his home in Issawiya after he was released in the first phase of the prisoner exchange deal which took place between Hamas and the Israeli government. October 18, 2011. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 22, 2013, 10:08 pm
Palestinian inmate who fasted for 266 days to be freed Monday
Samer Issawi earned international support after refusing food to protest rearrest in 2012
By ToI Staff
Hunger-striker Ayman Sharawneh shortly after his release from Israeli prison in March 2013 (screen capture: Youtube/RuptlyTV)
July 11, 2013, 6:54 am
Government mulls force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners
Having been pressured into releasing long-fasting detainees, state is looking for a solution that will take away strikers’ leverage
By Ron Friedman
Ayman Sharawneh in Hamas fatigues months after Israel released him to Gaza (photo credit: Channel 2 screen capture)
May 28, 2013, 7:55 pm
Freed Palestinian hunger striker takes up arms
Clip shows Ayman Sharawneh, who was exiled to Gaza earlier this year, joining Hamas gunmen on border with Israel
By Stuart Winer
Palestinians demonstrate in support of hunger strikers in Israeli prisons, April 9, 2013. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)
May 2, 2013, 10:55 pm
Court orders two Palestinian hunger strikers freed early
Islamic Jihad members from northern Samaria to be released next week after 90-day fast
By Lazar Berman
Israeli prison service guards surround Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi, seated in his wheelchair, into a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on February 21, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 23, 2013, 9:03 am
Palestinian prisoner agrees to end hunger strike
Samer Issawi will serve eight more months of his sentence
By Asher Zeiger
Israeli prison service guards surround Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi, seated in his wheelchair, into a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on February 21, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
From the WebApril 23, 2013, 2:03 am
Palestinian prisoner in deal with Israel to end fast
Reuters: Samer Issawi to serve eight months for violating bail conditions in exchange for dropping of conspiracy charges
Palestinians demonstrate in support of hunger strikers in Israeli prisons, April 9, 2013. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)
April 14, 2013, 11:01 pm
Intellectuals urge PM to free hunger-striking Palestinian
Samer Issawi, released in Shalit deal and since rearrested, has been refusing food for 8 months
By Adiv Sterman
A support rally for Palestinian prisoners who are held at Israeli jails, Gaza , Thursday, April 11, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Adel Hana)
April 12, 2013, 4:17 pm
Israel offers to deport frail Palestinian prisoner
Hunger-striking detainee Samer Issawi would be moved to another country in an effort to reach a compromise over the case
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