Supporters of a hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner clashed with Israeli right-wingers on Wednesday near the hospital where he is being treated, according to Reuters. Israeli mounted police and other officers dispersed the fracas near the hospital and a number of protesters were detained and questioned, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said. Palestinian Mohammed Allan, 31, a Jihad activist being held without trial, is on the 56th day of his hunger strike and is being monitored at Barzilai hospital in the southern city of Ashkelon, where he was moved earlier this week. Some 200 demonstrators supporting Allan said they feared Israel would try to force-feed him, after a law was enacted last month permitting doctors to administer nutrition to hunger strikers against their will to try to keep them alive. -- SPA 23:48 LOCAL TIME 20:48 GMT تغريد
