Hunger striker released in Israel after doctors suspect brain damage

Israel released Palestinian prisoner Mohammad Allan on Wednesday after doctors said he may have suffered irreversible brain damage from lack of nutrients over two months of his hunger strike. His release scored a victory against a new Israeli law allowing force-feeding of prisoners and left relatives wondering if he would recover from a brush with death. “The petitioner in this case does not pose a threat at this moment because of his present medical condition, and the future is clouded in mystery. At this stage therefore we are suspending the administrative detention order,” the Supreme Court judges wrote. Doctors at Barzilai Medical Center in southern Israel anesthetized Allan Wednesday...