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"Israel has already violated the terms of the agreement addressing the demands of approximately 2,000 Palestinian political prisoners just over one week since they ended their historic mass hunger strike."
Agreements with Israel aren't worth the paper they're written on. Eventually they're violated entirely. Hunger strikers are betrayed like all Palestinians, past and present.
Two prisoners remain on strike. Their health seriously deteriorated. They're denied independent care. Ramleh Prison physicians make witch doctors look good by comparison. They're charlatans. They betray their Hippocratic Oath to practice medicine ethically and responsibly.
Mahmoud is a member of Palestine's national football team. Three years ago, he was imprisoned uncharged. On May 25, he began day 68 without food. He's protesting against lawless detention uncharged under Israel's draconian Unlawful Combatants Law (UCL).
Without evidence, it's imposed based on "a reasonable basis" to believe Palestinians belong to a hostile group belligerently confronting Israel.
UCL is similar to George Bush's "unlawful enemy combatant" designation. In 2009, terminology switched to "unprivileged enemy belligerent." Language changed, but not intent. Detainees lose all rights. Israel and America replicate the worst of each other.
Legal obligations don't matter. Targeted victims lose out entirely. Both countries wage war on Islam. State terror is official policy.
Israel promised Mahmoud a July release date. None so far was affirmed. Addameer lawyer Mona Neddaf visited him and five others in Ramleh's medical center. She reported his condition so grave he could barely speak.
On May 25, Akram began day 44 without food. He's been in Ramleh's medical center since arrested in 2004. Serious diseases afflict him. They include diabetes, asthma and osteoporosis. Protracted striking left him precariously weak in grave condition.
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