Blind, almost deaf and suffering searing chest pains, Palestinian hunger striker Mohammad Allan regained consciousness in an Israeli hospital on Tuesday and agreed to medical care for the first time in two months while his attorneys haggle with the state over his release.
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The Islamic Jihad describes Allan as a member of the militant movement, as does Israel, which has used administrative detention to hold Palestinians it deems to be security risks while not divulging what the authorities view as sensitive intelligence.
There are fears that violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank might escalate if Mr Allan dies.
The representative added that Israel uses administrative detention “to coerce the Palestinians and deprive them of their life”.
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Dr. Hezy Levy of Barzilai hospital in southern Israel, where Allan is being treated, said the detainee was “incoherent” and “not connecting with his surroundings“.
The representative of the prisoners, speaking on condition of anonymity to Palestinian Maan News agency, said that the hunger-strike will be indefinite “until Israel’s policy of administrative detention comes to an end”.
Allan told doctors that unless a solution was found to his plight within 24 hours “he would stop taking anything including vitamins and water”, Bolus said.
The detention orders can be appealed to the District Court and, if denied, the Supreme Court of Israel.
“Careful consideration should be placed on addressing the underlying human rights concerns which lead prisoners to such extreme protests, including prolonged administrative detention”, Feltman said.
Abed Rabbo’s nonprofit, Palestinian Peace Coalition (PPC), is devoted to the promotion of peace with Israel based on the Geneva Initiative.
A hearing on Monday was postponed until Wednesday so the court could review his medical files.
Saying that “in such a contentious environment, restoring confidence, before a return to realistic negotiations, is a must”, Feldman warned that while the goal of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is clear, more than “20 years of failed negotiations have bred mistrust and, worse, the slow and painful withering of hope”.
A child stands next to a poster bearing a portrait of Palestinian Mohammed Allan, who is held by Israel without trial and who has reportedly slipped into a coma after a almost two-month hunger strike, on August 14, 2015 at Allans’ family home in the West Bank city of Nablus.
But the scan results were not conclusive.
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Allaan’s case was originally seen as a possible test of Israel’s new force-feeding law, which the country’s medical association has condemned as a violation of ethics and global conventions.
