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February 24, 2016

Palestinian Enters "Unknown Territory" with 3-Month Hunger Strike
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An advocacy group says a Palestinian prisoner has entered "unknown
territory" with his more than 89-day hunger strike. Physicians for Human
Rights-Israel says journalist Mohammed al-Qeq has been on hunger strike
longer than any other Palestinian prisoner and longer than any of the
Irish Republican Army prisoners held by Britain in Northern Ireland, 10
of whom died after their fasts. Israeli authorities have accused him of
"terrorist activities" tied to the group Hamas. He is in critical
condition in a hospital. Al-Qeq is one of nearly 600 prisoners being
held under administrative detention, which lets Israel incarcerate
people without charge or trial.


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