An agreement was reportedly reached Tuesday afternoon to end Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash’s hunger strike after 141 days, after negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian officials with Egyptian mediation, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.
Abu Hawwash has completed his 141 days of hunger strike in an Israeli prison in protest of imprisonment without trial, known as ‘administrative detention’.
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The Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash decided to to suspend his hunger strike that lasted for 141 days, after reaching an agreement with the occupation authorities to release him in 26.2.2022.Thanks God🙏#FreeThemAll pic.twitter.com/EuGlmimevV
— Eman𓂆🇵🇸 (@Emannajee) January 4, 2022
According to the terms of the agreement, Abu Hawwash “is expected to remain in the Israeli hospital he is currently kept in for medical follow-up until February 26, after which he will be released to his home,” Haaretz reported, adding that the administrative detention order against him will not be renewed.
Abu Hawwash, a 40-year-old resident of the town of Dura, near Hebron, in the Southern-occupied West Bank, is a father of five children. He was arrested by Israel on October 27, 2020, and has been held under administrative detention ever since.
#US Congresswoman @RashidaTlaib Expresses Solidarity with Abu Hawwash, Holds Israeli Government Responsible https://t.co/o4H5MlZQ5I via @PalestineChron #HishamAbuHawash pic.twitter.com/RZPYQmOVuS
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) January 4, 2022
Several human rights groups, along with the European Union, had expressed concern about Abu Hawwash’s deteriorating health conditions.
On Monday, US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said in a tweet that she held the Israeli government responsible for the safety and health of the Palestinian hunger striker, also calling on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to demand an end to Israel’s administrative detention policies against Palestinians.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
