Palestinian prisoner enters uncharted territory with 89-day hunger strike
RAMALLAH - An advocacy group says a Palestinian detainee has entered uncharted medical territory with a hunger strike of 89 days -- longer than fasts by other Palestinians or by Irish prisoners in 1981.
Amani Dayif of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel said Monday that Mohammed al-Qiq's condition is rapidly deteriorating. She says no one else "has survived this much" time.
Al-Qiq launched his hunger strike Nov. 25 to win release from administrative detention.
His fate has been discussed in recent top-level meetings, including on Sunday by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State John Kerry.
