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<a class="gmail-domain gmail-reader-domain" href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2021/10/31/israel-reactivates-administrative-detention-for-kayed-al-fasfous-who-is-on-hunger-strike/">peoplesdispatch.org</a>
<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israel reactivates administrative detention for Kayed al-Fasfous, who is on hunger strike</h1></div><div class="gmail-content"><div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><div id="gmail-page"><div><p>October 31, 2021<br></p><div>
<p>Israel has renewed the administrative detention of Kayed al-Fasfous,
the Palestinian prisoner who has been on a hunger strike for the past
108 days. The news was revealed by his brother Khaled, his lawyer and
the Palestinian Detainees Affairs Commission on Friday, October 29.
Fasfous and six other prisoners began hunger strikes at various points
over the past few months to protest their illegal administrative
detention by Israeli authorities. He is currently being held at the
Barzilai hospital in Ashkelon and has suffered a significant
deterioration in his physical condition, experiencing symptoms such as
severe pain and intermittent memory loss. Other prisoners are also
suffering from varying levels of physical decline.</p>
<p>According to reports, Kayed al-Fasfous, whose administrative
detention was suspended by the Israeli high court on October 14, will
now remain in detention until December 14. His brother stated that the
authorities had also barred his family and lawyer from visiting him. He
was detained in October 2020 and has been held in administrative
detention since. Under this policy, Israel can detain Palestinians
without charge or trial for 4-6 months at a stretch, which can be
extended.</p>
<p>Media reports said that despite his critical condition, he has been
chained to the hospital bed and is being guarded by three security
personnel. A spokesperson for the Muhaja Al-Quds Foundation has said
that Fasfous, along with another prisoner who is on a hunger strike,
Miqdad al-Qawasmi, are on the verge of death. He called upon the
Palestinian people, leadership and the political factions to exert
pressure on the Israeli government to support the striking prisoners in
their endeavor to end their administrative detention. The spokesman for
the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Commission of Detainees
Affairs, Hasan Abed Rabbo, denouncing the reactivation of the
administrative detention against Fasfous, said that it amounts to “an
execution attempt of a slow death sentence.”</p>
<p>Besides Fasfous and Qawasmi, who are on hunger strike for 108 and 101
days respectively, the other five striking prisoners are Alaa Al-Araj
(84 days), Hisham Abu Hawwash (75 days), Shadi Abu Akr (67 days), Ayyad
al-Hraimi (38 days) and Rateb Harebat (21 days). They have vowed to
continue their open-ended hunger strike until their administrative
detention is revoked. Across Palestine, people have also staged sit-ins
and protests in solidarity with the striking prisoners. There are
currently about 520 Palestinians being held under the administrative
detention policy, approximately 9% of the total 4,650 Palestinian
prisoners in Israeli prisons, a number that also includes 200 children
and 35 women.</p>
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