Palestinian killed after stabbing Israeli police officer

Over 400 of them, like [Allan] are in administrative detention without charge, evidence.

Hunger strikes are a common practice among Palestinian security prisoners, especially those in administrative detention. The lack of vital nutrients compromised Allan’s hearing, vision and balance, and he may not fully recover his faculties, she said.

Administrative detention is typically used against Palestinians, who can be held for months or even years without charge or trial.

Israel fears the death of a prisoner on a hunger strike could trigger Palestinian unrest.

Muhammad Allan continues to struggle for his life and freedom as pressure in Palestine and globally is mounting for his release after he fell into a coma and was placed on life support in the early morning of 14 August. The Israeli Medical Association, which has urged physicians not to cooperate, is challenging the law in the Supreme Court.

At the end of last July, the Israeli Knesset passed the second and third readings of the draft law regarding the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case with the media. Allan served a 30-month sentence beginning in 2006 for militant activities. He said that Netanyahu was fully responsible for any harm done to Allan.

On Monday Israel said it could use harsh interrogation methods to tackle violent Jewish extremism, after the death of the Palestinian infant. The government has thus far failed to prosecute the perpetrators of so-called “price tag” attacks and other hate crimes against Palestinians. A doctor who does comply could face sanctioning from the IMA, Walden said but any IMA action would not affect a doctor’s medical license, authorized by the Health Ministry.

On Friday, after 64 days of ingesting only water, Allaan slipped into a coma after having been put on a respirator one day earlier, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, an NGO.

Allan’s mother has been the only family member to see him, after being permitted entrance to Israel from the West Bank. He is sedated, receiving vitamins and saline through an IV. “The patient is receiving medical treatment including ventilation and intravenous fluids and salts”.

Should Israel decide to invoke the new law, authorities would be required to seek a court order.

Allan, a 31-year-old lawyer from the West Bank village of Ainabus, stopped eating in mid-June.

The court says it will make its decision on Wednesday but has asked the sides in the meantime to try and reach a compromise on the matter.

Bioethics intersects with national security in Israel. “Release is not an option”, he said.