Hana Shalabi ends hunger strike

UN Human Rights Council resolution 14/1 creates an international fact-finding mission to investigate possible violations of international law resulting from the 31 May interception.

UNESCO Executive Board votes 40 to 4, with 14 abstentions, to recommend admitting Palestine; a diplomatic avenue for Palestinian self-determination.

UNESCO General Conference votes 107 in favour, 14 against and 52 abstentions to admit Palestine as a member state.

UNESCO raises the Palestinian flag at its headquarters following Palestine’s admission; a symbolic achievement in diplomatic recognition.

Khader Adnan ended a 66-day hunger strike after an agreement concerning his administrative detention and anticipated release.

Large numbers of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel begin a hunger strike demanding improved detention conditions, family visits and changes to solitary confinement and administrative detention.

Following negotiations and understandings concerning prison conditions and visits, Palestinian prisoners end a mass hunger strike. Accounts differ on participant totals.

The General Federation of Independent Trade Unions in Palestine and Addameer called for a ten-minute collective public solidarity action at noon Jerusalem time in support of hunger-striking prisoners.

Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak ended a 92-day hunger strike after an agreement on his release from detention under Israel’s Unlawful Combatants Law.

Hasan Safadi was released after repeated hunger strikes challenging administrative detention and renewal of detention orders.