Samer Issawi had been on a hunger strike for more than 200 days while in an Israeli prison. Issawi is one of the nearly 5,000 Palestinians being jailed in Israeli prisons for various charges. The World’s Matthew Bell reports.
Israelis are used to hearing hateful speech from some of their neighbors. But a recent speech from a local Muslim leader has drawn criticism from the highest levels of the Israeli government.
Israel’s settlement in the West Bank have long been a point of contention with the Palestinians. Now, a legal ruling to demolish one of those settlements could prove to be a test case for many more.