Palestinian prisoner Maher al-Akhras is entering a medically “critical phase”, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned, as the inmate has entered the 88th consecutive day of his open-ended hunger strike against Israel’s so-called policy of administrative detention. “More than 85 days into the hunger strike, we are ...
Two more senior Palestinian officials have tested positive for the novel coronavirus as veteran chief negotiator Saeb Erekat fights for his life in an Israeli hospital. Palestine Liberation Organization central committee member Azzam al-Ahmad told AFP that he and social development minister Ahmed Majdalani had both joined the growing list ...