Hunger-strike

The United Nations human rights chief expressed serious concern about the health of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons as their hunger strike entered its 38th day without...

The United Nations envoy on the Middle East peace process called for an immediate resolution to the growing tensions over a hunger strike by Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails.

With some 1,000 Palestinians held in Israeli jails on hunger strike for a second month, an independent United Nations expert vising the region called on Israel to comply with international law and...