RAMALLAH: An advocate in Jerusalem said a Palestinian prisoner is in critical condition after a nearly three-month hunger strike, while Palestinians called for an international probe into Yasser Arafat's death.
The Palestinian call won official backing from Tunisia yesterday, after a report showed the iconic leader may have been poisoned.
The prisoner, Akram Rikhawi, started fasting on April 12, just before 1,200 other prisoners began refusing food to demand better conditions. Israeli authorities reached a deal with participants but Rikhawi has continued to protest his detention by refusing food.
| Not Israel's responsibility to keep him alive. Put clean, decent food in front of him three times a day. Keep plenty of fruit juice around him. If he doesn't eat or drink that's his problem. |
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