Some 150 protesters rallied there to call on the defense minister to release Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, 33.
The father of two from Arrabe, near Jenin, has been on a hunger strike for 61 days to protest his administrative detention. He was in the prison until he was transferred to the Galilee Medical Faculty in Safed.
The IDF arrested him in his home on December 17, but has not charged him with anything.
There have been media reports that Adnan belonged to the Islamic Jihad, but the Shin Bet (Israel Security Service) and the IDF have not confirmed that.
Although his detention order is for four months, Adnan fears it will be extended indefinitely, said Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak, who is a spokesman for the Palestinian grassroots organization the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee. Read the rest on: The Jerusalem Post
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