Rethinking Palestine

Prison Hunger Strikes in Palestine with Basil Farraj

Rethinking Palestine

Show Notes

In light of the death of political prisoner Khader Adnan, Al-Shabaka analyst Basil Farraj joins host Yara Hawari to discuss Palestinian prisoners' hunger strikes. Farraj explains how hunger strikes function as a resistance tactic, allowing prisoners to reclaim their power over life and death from the Israeli incarceration regime.

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