A Palestinian soccer player from Gaza has agreed to end a three-month partial hunger strike in return for hospital care and an early release. Mahmoud al-Sarsak has been held in an Israeli prison without trial for nearly three years. He was one of more than 1,600 Palestinian prisoners to recently take part in a coordinated hunger strike to protest Israel’s policy of administrative detention.
Palestinian Soccer Player Ends 3-Month Hunger Strike
HeadlineJun 19, 2012