Zionist Israel re-arrests Hunger Striker Released Last Year

Israeli forces re-arrested former hunger striker Thaer Halahla in Ramallah early Wednesday, locals said.

Israeli soldiers raided Halahla’s home and a neighboring residence in Ramallah, damaging the contents of his home and confiscating his mobile phone, witnesses told the Palestinian Ma’an News Agency.

His wife Shirin Halahla passed out during the arrest and was taken to hospital for treatment.

Halahla, from the Hebron-district town of Kharas, held a 77-day hunger strike last year to protest his detention without charge by Israel.

He was released in June 2012 after reaching a deal with Israeli prison authorities and greeted by crowds of supporters.

Halahla’s strike was part of a mass protest action by Palestinians in Israeli jails last year, which saw over 2,000 prisoners refuse food.

He relocated to Ramallah some three months ago, and was reportedly involved with activities to support Palestinian prisoners.

Thaer Halahla, 33, has been arrested eight times by Israel and has spent 6 and a half years in administrative detention, without ever being charged with a crime.