Israel can't cope with nonviolent Palestinian protest and opposition except to smear it as "support for terrorism".

Marwan Barghouti, one of the leaders of the prisoners' hunger strike, was convicted in Israel of murder -- but the Inter-Parliamentary Union says his trial was unfair and that his guilt is not established.

The article describes how unfair trial, even pretrial torture to extract false confessions, is standard practice in Israel when dealing with accused Palestinians. More information about that.

Israel has blocked lawyers from meeting with the hunger strikers.

Could Barghouti Become Israel's Peace Partner?