Palestinian ex-prisoner questions Israeli force-feeding law

Former Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan has carried out several hunger strikes in prison to protest an Israeli policy that allows detainment without charge or trial. 

Adnan, 37, who was recently detained for alleged ties to Islamic Jihad, was freed in July after his 54-day hunger strike ignited protests across the Palestinian territories and garnered international attention, including pressure from various human rights groups.

He opposes Israel's new force-feeding law that will allow doctors to force-feed prisoners against their will to keep them alive. The “Law to Prevent Harm Caused by Hunger Strikers,” approved by Israel’s Knesset on July 30, has been lambasted by Israel's medical community, which deems force feeding to be a form of torture.