After hearing arguments on whether to release Allan, the High Court set another hearing for Wednesday.
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‘Today we saw police brutality, ‘ says a participant at protest for Palestinian hunger striker Muhammad Allan in Ashkelon. The army is now investigating the situation along with Israeli Security Forces.
Then, on November 6, 2014, authorities came to Allan’s house at night and took him away, said his mother, Maazouza.
The military said both the soldier and suspected assailant, who was arrested, were lightly wounded.
On Monday, hundreds of Palestinians in Hebron held a peaceful rally in the southern West Bank city’s centre, waving Palestinian flags and holding Allan’s picture while calling for his release.
If the court does decide to release him, it is likely to cause a backlash amongst right-wing Israelis.
This is particularly the case after Khader Adnan, another administrative detainee, won his release for the second time after a 55-day hunger strike. He refused food to draw attention to his prolonged detention in an Israeli jail without charge or trial.
A spokeswoman for Barzilai told AFP late Sunday that Allan remained unconscious but stable and said he was given fluids and salts intravenously, and was breathing with the aid of an artificial respirator.
Last week, Haaretz reported that the Shin Bet accused Ettinger of leading an underground group responsible for the arson attack on the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes in June, a charge Ettinger denied on his blog.
The law requires the authorities to seek a court order to allow for force feeding, which they have not done.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged “zero tolerance” for Jewish terrorism following two deadly attacks by extremists.
The UN labelled hunger strikes “a fundamental human right”.
Sorokoa hospital doctors in Be’er Sheva, where Allan was hospitalized before his current stay at Barzilay, also declared their refusal to force-feed Allen over ethical concerns.
“The political activist has nothing, except his health”. They searched his office and sifted through his documents, according to Addameer, a group that advocates for Palestinian prisoners. Arabic reads, “No to administrative detention”. “He had no idea why he is in prison because he hasn’t been told”, human rights barrister Mark McDonald said.
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Hunger strikes are a common practice among Palestinian security prisoners, especially those in administrative detention.
