By Sandy Boyer, Radio Free Eireann, Socialist Worker*, March 21 – Hana Shalabi, a Palestinian political prisoner on hunger strike since February 16, was transferred to an Israeli military hospital as she clung to life by a thread. The transfer took place on March 18, the 34th day of her hunger strike, according to CNN.
**Protesters marching in a solidarity demonstration for Hana Shalabi | Socialist Worker
According to Jawad Bulos, one of Shalabi’s lawyers, “The prosecution and defense teams…met with the military judge Tuesday [20 March] to look into an appeal, [and a] decision could come as early as next week to either accept the defense appeal for her immediate release or to keep the detention order.”
Shalabi is one of approximately 300 Palestinians held under what Israel calls “administrative detention,” which means imprisonment orders that can be renewed indefinitely without charges and without the right to a trial. Prior to her transfer to the military hospital, Shalabi had been held in solitary confinement–not even her parents were allowed to visit her.
