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In his speech at the Seton Hall School of Diplomacy and worldwide Relations, Menendez committed not only to voting against the deal when the Senate returns next month, but also to voting to override a presidential veto.

Israel sees his hunger strike, which began more than 60 days ago, as a powerful challenge against “administrative detention”, a practice that has drawn criticism from Palestinians and human rights groups but which Israel calls a security necessity.

Earlier this month, a Palestinian non-governmental organization said that almost 150 prisoners have gone on hunger strike since the beginning of August.

Ashkelon is bracing itself for more protests on Monday outside the hospital where Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allan, hunger striking for over two months, is being kept.

But long-standing concerns among the pro-Israel establishment raised by the generation gap in Jewish-American attitudes to Israel will have been amplified by the community’s split over the Iran deal, and by the willingness of Obama – the president elected by the...

A doctor at the hospital where Allan is being treated told the court that he had not appeared to suffer irreversible damage but would probably not survive if he resumed his hunger strike.

He was believed to have been planning a series of attacks against Palestinians intended to stir up unrest among the Palestinians and bring down the Israeli government. “We are determined to vigorously fight manifestations of hate, fanaticism and terrorism from whatever...

Later on Monday, the Israeli army detained two Palestinian brothers from the town of Sa’ir after they appeared before the Israeli intelligence for interrogation at Gush Etzion military Compound. Mohammed Allan 30 remained hospitalized in southern Israel.

JERUSALEM (AP) – A Palestinian detainee who has been on a hunger strike for 60 days slipped into unconsciousness on Friday and was being treated in the intensive care unit at an Israeli hospital. Authorities said that Allan was being held for his activities in the group...

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

Some Palestinians feel the law is intended to weaken negotiating powers of prisoners who frequently use hunger strikes to protest administrative detention – a provision which authorizes Israeli authorities to detain inmates for six months and is often extended to prolong...

The board expressed gratitude for the Obama administration’s focus on the Iranian nuclear threat, but went on to say that the Iran deal should be strengthened, war is not the only alternative to the deal (Obama has claimed it is) and Israel is being singled out.

John Hoeven, R-N.D., have already made a decision.

Tester said he read the agreement, consulted with more than 20 experts and gathered input from Montanans before deciding to support it.

Under the worldwide agreement reached last month, Russia, China and European Union countries will lift their sanctions on Iran as Iran accepts curbs and inspections on its nuclear program.