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Inmates' hunger strikes take powerful stands against injustice

  • Written by Nayan Shah, Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and History, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imagePalestinian artists draw a mural of hunger striker Hisham Abu Hawash.MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images

In the coming weeks, Israel is slated to free Palestinian detainee Hisham Abu Hawash, a 40-year-old construction worker, who has been held by Israeli military authorities since October 2020 without charge or trial. Israel agreed to release him...

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