Human rights in Israel

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Palestinian prisoners agree to end their hunger strike after winning significant concessions from the Israeli government. Some 1,500 prisoners were demanding better conditions in jail and an end to administrative detention.

A Palestinian prisoner in Israeli custody has agreed to end his 66 day hunger strike. After more than two months without food, Khader Adnan was said to be close to death by starvation.

Israeli parliament rejects a bill that would have set up committees to investigate human rights group accused of “anti-Israel” activity.

Monday night, Israel’s parliament passed a law that punishes Israelis who boycott West Bank settlers or their products.