British prisoner ends last pro-Palestinian hunger strike

Israel

Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The last active pro-Palestinian hunger strike in British prisons has ended after Muhammad Umer Khalid was hospitalized with organ failure. Khalid, 22, had been refusing food for 17 days but escalated his hunger strike to include water Friday, which led to his hospitalization Sunday. "At the hospital, in the afternoon, I was given a choice between treatment and likely death within the next 24 hours due to kidney failure, acute liver failure and potential cardiac arrest," Khalid

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