Hunger striker

UN rapporteur joins weekly hunger strike over Iran's execution surge and protest crackdown

“The death penalty is being used against people for exercising the rights of freedom of assembly, association, and expression, as well as their political rights,” she said.

Cars burn in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency's value, in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026.
Palestine Action protesters involved in a hunger strike.

'Hungry? Eat a sandwich': Palestine Action protesters hospitalized as hunger strike exceeds 40 days

Doctors Michele Ghielmini, Brenno Balestra, Alessandra Guaita and Marco Franzi sit outside the Swiss Parliament building (Bundeshaus) at the start of their hunger strike over Gaza, calling on their government to apply targeted sanctions on Israel over its alleged violations of international law.

Swiss medics start hunger strike over Gaza outside parliament

 Cynthia Nixon and her son Seph.

Actress Cynthia Nixon claims her ‘observant’ Jewish son hunger striking for Gaza


De l’urgence de repenser les prisons

Comment mettre un terme aux grèves de la faim parmi les détenus ? Eléments de réponse avec Orit Adato, anciennement à la tête de l’administration pénitentiaire

Marwan Barghouti entouré de gardiens de prison

Watch: MK Margalit beats back Palestinian verbal attack on Israel

See how Zionist Union MK Erel Margalit responded to a verbal attack on Israel.

Erel Margalit

Arab-Israel MK fasts in solidarity with hunger-striking terrorists

Erdan: He cares more about our enemies than the Israeli Arabs he’s supposed to represent.

HADASH MK Ayman Odeh, leader of the Joint Arab List, speaks at the Knesset in this file photo.

MK pulls bill for divorce recalcitrants to allow for compromise proposal

Gordetski is currently on a hunger strike to raise awareness of her plight and that of others, in the hope it will spur action to resolve this problem.

TZVIAH GORDETSKI holds a sign announcing her hunger strike outside the Knesset

Pizza Hut apologizes for post making fun of Palestinian hunger strike

Despite the apology some Twitter users have called for a boycott of the franchise.

Imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti eats in prison

Watch: Palestinian hunger strike leader Barghouti allegedly caught eating

The video was taken at the Kishon Prison in northern Israel where Barghouti was transferred to solitary confinement after the hunger strike began.

Imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti eats in prison

Rule of Law: Israel's Palestinian prisoner predicament

As Palestinian prisoners enter the third week of a hunger strike, former Prisons Service chief Orit Adato tells the Post that Israel needs to rethink its policies.

Palestinians take part in a protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem April 17, 2017

Israel seeks to circumvent doctors who refuse to force-feed hunger strikers

The Israel Medical Association has advised its physician members not to participate in any force-feeding, deeming the practice to be inhumane.

PALESTINIANS WALK past graffiti depicting jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, currently serving five life terms for terrorism, on a section of the security wall on the road to Ramallah.

Why is Egypt 'indifferent' to the Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike?

“The Palestinian cause has stopped being a central cause for the Arabs as it was in the past,” says political activist.

Palestinian protesters run during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails.

Qassam Spokesman gives Israel 24-hours to respond to hunger-strikers’ demands

The prisoners are demanding that the Israel Prison Service end detention without trial and solitary confinement, increase visitation rights, and improve amenities.

Hamas issues ultimatum over hunger-striking prisoners