Israel doctors won't force-feed Palestinians

[bemildred]

JERUSALEM (AP) - Proposed legislation to permit the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike is pitting Israel's government against the country's main doctors' association, which says the practice amounts to torture.

The ethical and legal debate has taken on an urgent tone, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly asking to fast-track the bill 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 April 24. Many are administrative detainees, held for months or years without charges.

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

http://www.woi-tv.com/story/25689612/israel-doctors-wont-force-feed-palestinians

[shaayecanaan]

1. American export opportunities ahoy...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Restraint_chair_used_for_enteral_feeding_-b.jpg

[Jefferson23]

2. Ugh. What is with the picnic type tables in the foreground?

A twisted view to serving man.

[shaayecanaan]

8. they wheel them out to the rec room for Christmas lunch

Bit of a fucker to get the plum pudding in the nasogastric tube to be honest

[Jefferson23]

9. Yea, you can see it's all special...dear of them, isn't it? n/t

[King_David]

10. Christmas lunch ?

[shaayecanaan]

11. Don't mind if I do

You paying?

[King_David]

12. Sure , overdue for a trip to Australia nt

[azurnoir]

3. sort of puts new meaning to

break room

[bemildred]

4. You want disgusting? That is disgusting. nt

[azurnoir]

5. sorry it was the first thing that popped into my head

when I looked at the picture

[bemildred]

6. Not you, that picture and what it implies. nt

[shaayecanaan]

7. I bought one for the den...

Quite useful for the kids mealtimes, and it comes with a handy metal clasp for when they try to swallow their own tongue.

Child services have been around twice but I just show them the supreme court decisions confirming its all 100% constitutional.