Top Israel court delays case of Palestinian hunger-striker

Hospital spokeswoman Ayelet Kedar said Thursday that doctors did not intervene because Allan was not yet in life-threatening condition.

Riots broke out outside Barzilai hospital after its management declined to promise not to feed Allen against his will Sunday.

His lawyers rejected the proposal, saying Allan poses no security threat, and the court, urging the sides to negotiate, scheduled another session for Wednesday.

Allan’s worsening condition came following a rejection on Thursday of a request for his medical release.

Israeli opposition chief Isaac Herzog called on Tuesday for a resumption of peace negotiations to prevent a new uprising, after talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank. He has not eaten in more than 60 days.

Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday postponed a decision on whether to free Allan, whose health has sharply deteriorated.

“That said, an intensive care patient should not be under administrative detention”.

Allan is being held at Barzilai Medical Center in Askalan (Ashkelon) in the south of present-day Israel.

According to Israeli authorities, Allan is a member of Islamic Jihad, a virulently anti-Israel organization that is on the terrorist list of the United States, Israel and several other countries.

There are fears of an escalation of violence if Allan dies from his hunger strike.

Palestinian hunger striker Mohammad Allan has given the Tel Aviv regime an ultimatum, vowing to continue the protest action if Israel does not resolve his case in a day.

Israel has accused the 31-year-old Allan of ties to Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian militant group that has staged countless attacks against Israeli civilians, including suicide bombings and rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. They took him to his Nablus office, where they searched his papers and files, according to the prisoner rights group Addameer.

Hunger-striker Muhammed Allaan has regained consciousness and has communicated to hospital staff that he does not wish further treatment, Allaan’s lawyer stated on Tuesday.

Allan has been hospitalized due to his critical condition because he’s on a hunger strike.

The Israeli government announced that it would release Allan if he agreed to be deported for a period of four years.

But Allan’s fast is the first to test a new law, passed narrowly in July, which allows a judge to sanction force-feeding or medical treatment if an inmate’s life is threatened, even if the prisoner refuses.

Jameel Khatib, one of his lawyers, rejected the offer of exile, calling instead for his immediate release but also raising the possibility of setting September 23, the start of a Muslim holiday, as a date for freeing him.

“I don’t think he should be released”, Yaakov Peri, an Israeli lawmaker and former head of the Shin Bet internal security agency, told Israel Radio.