Seven Palestinian prisoners have been on open-ended hunger strike for different periods in protest at their detention administratively with no indictments or trials.
Prisoner Kayed al-Fasfous from Dura town in al-Khalil is considered the longest hunger striker as he has been on hunger strike for 102 days.
The other hunger-striking administrative detainees are Miqdad al-Qawasmeh Alaa al-Araj Hisham Abu Hawash Shadi Abu Aker and Eyyad al-Harimi and Ra’fat Abu Rabiee. They have been on hunger strike for 95 78 69 61 32 and 8 days respectively.
Most of the hunger strikers especially Fasfous and Qawasmeh suffer from life-threatening health issues due to their protracted hunger strike according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs.
The Commission accused the Israeli occupation authority of trying to kill the hunger strikers slowly instead of taking a decision ending their administrative detention.
In a related context the mother of hunger striker Miqdad al-Qawasmeh said that the health condition of her son worsened sharply and reached a critical stage.
She appealed to Jordanian King Abdullah II and the Palestinian Authority leadership to intervene to save her son’s life and work on having him transferred to a Jordanian or Palestinian hospital.
