Marwan Barghouti joins latest hunger strike - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Daoud Kuttab

Daoud Kuttab

May 12, 2014

Marwan Barghouthi (C) waves as he enters Tel Aviv's District court
December 12, 2002. A Tel Aviv District Court on Thursday upheld
Israel's right to arrest and try Palestinian uprising leader Marwan
Barghouthi on charges that he masterminded deadly attacks on Israeli
civilians. REUTERS/Pool/Sven Nackstrand

OP/ - RTRF4V7 — Marwan Barghouthi waves as he enters Tel Aviv's District court, Dec. 12, 2002. — REUTERS/Sven Nackstrand

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

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Palestinians hold pictures of prisoners during a demonstration in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Ramallah June 7, 2014. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concerns on Friday about the worsening health of Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli detention and demanded that they either be formally charged or released immediately. Several dozen Palestinians on hunger strike, protesting Israel's use of administrative detention to keep them behin

Kidnapping prompts Palestinian prisoners to end hunger strike

Daoud Kuttab

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics

Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Khader Adnan gestures as he speaks during a rally honoring him following his release, near the West Bank city of Jenin July 12, 2015. Israel on Sunday released Adnan from jail following a deal last month in which he agreed to end a 56-day hunger strike, Islamic Jihad sources in the West Bank said. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini - RTX1K3PF

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Released Palestinian prisoner Samer al-Issawi gestures as he celebrates in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya December 23, 2013. Israel on Monday freed al-Issawi from jail, to complete a deal agreed earlier this year over his release in exchange for him ending a lengthy hunger strike that almost killed him. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX16SOH

Issawi’s release places individual hunger strikes in spotlight

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