JERUSALEM
Israeli police on Wednesday evening arrested three supporters of Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allan, eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency.
“Israeli police detained three people after an altercation took place between a group of Jews and people supporting Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allan,” the eyewitnesses said.
The witnesses said the incident took place in front of Barzilai Medical Center in southern Israel, where Allan is currently receiving treatment.
A 31-year-old lawyer from the occupied West Bank and a reported member of Palestine’s Islamic Jihad resistance group, Allan was detained by Israeli authorities last November.
On June 18, he began a hunger strike to protest his ongoing custody under Israel’s policy of “administrative detention,” which allows suspects to be held for renewable periods without charge or trial.
Allan’s case has drawn considerable media attention and sparked demonstrations both in Israel and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Following a 65-day hunger strike, during which he slipped into a coma several times, the Israel Supreme Court finally ordered his release.
Over 6,500 Palestinians are currently languishing in prisons throughout Israel, according to official Palestinian figures.
