Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails have suffered unprecedented levels of exploitation. At best, a hunger strike ends when Israel decides it can make a few concessions, and a victory is then celebrated. There is no real “win”, however, other than temporary respite for the individual hunger striker. Administrative detention orders with neither charge nor trial continue to prevail, hunger strikes go ahead, prisoners on the brink of death have become the norm, and then Khader Adnan dies. He was effectively killed by Israel’s colonial violence which permeates every aspect of Palestinian life. Adnan was publicly affiliated to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. He started his last hunger strike on 5 February this year. Despite the organisation Physicians for Human Rights … Continue reading Khader Adnan’s legacy will alter Palestinian politics among the people