Israel doctors oppose fore-feeding Palestinian captives

Moderate-minded Israeli medical establishment has objected to the government-backed legislation that would allow force-feeding Palestinian hunger strikers in breach of international conventions.

Hundreds of Palestinians have started a hunger strike over forty days ago in protest at the Zionist regime's harsh treatment of Palestinians captives.

Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly asked to fast-track the bill in the parliament as a hunger strike by dozens of Palestinian detainees entered its sixth week.

At least 65 of 290 participating detainees have been hospitalized since the first group began a hunger strike on April 24.

Many are administrative detainees, held for months or years without charges.

There have been near-daily Palestinian demonstrations backing the captives, including one in the West Bank on Wednesday in which dozens of university students threw stones at Israeli soldiers who responded with tear gas.

Families of hunger strikers say they support the fast, despite the risks.