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Issawi Case Raises Questions About Israeli Military Law

The re-arrest of Samer Issawi has raised new questions about the Israeli military's practice of arrest and detention without charges, writes Lena Odgaard.
Jordanian activists and relatives of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons who are on a hunger strike take part in a protest outside the Red Cross offices in Amman February 21, 2013.  REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3E2WU

RAMALLAH, West Bank — While the health of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners is significantly deteriorating, demonstrations are growing throughout the West Bank and Gaza.

On Tuesday, a Jerusalem district court denied bail for Samer Issawi, who has been refusing food for over 200 days. But that only made his lawyers and prisoner organizations more determined to try and get the Israeli Supreme Court to intervene.

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