MASS HUNGER STRIKE GROWS DESPITE ISRAEL’S BEST EFFORTS TO REPRESS IT

MAUREEN CLARE MURPHY
The Palestinian human rights and prisoner advocacy group Addameer announced today that the mass, open-ended hunger strike in Israeli prisons which began on 17 April, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, has now grown to an estimated 2,000 participants. Addameer renews its calls for action in support of the hunger striking prisoners.

David B. Rivkin Jr.

THE LEGAL CASE AGAINST PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

DAVID B. RIVKIN JR.
Later this week Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to seek recognition of a Palestinian state from the United Nations. The move is opposed by the Obama administration, which has rightly called it a “distraction.” Nevertheless, the PA’s effort has wide support among the U.N. membership, including Security Council members Russia, China and Britain, as well as other important regional states such as Turkey.