Israel's Supreme Court on
Monday rejected an appeal by two Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger
strike for 69 days in protest at being held without charge, their lawyer told
AFP.
"The Supreme Court
refused both appeals," Jamil Khatib said of the move by Bilal Diab, 27,
and Thaer Halahla, 34, who had appealed to Israel's highest court on Thursday
to end the administrative detention orders under which they are being held.
"They will continue
their strike till the end," Khatib added.
"Israeli courts do not
handle administrative detention in a positive way. It shows that the
intelligence services have the final word."
Halahla was arrested on
June 28, 2010 and has been held in administrative detention ever since, while
Diab has been held since August 17, 2011.
Both began refusing food on
February 29.
Administrative detention is
an antiquated procedure that allows suspects to be held without charge for
periods of up to six months, which are renewable indefinitely.
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