UK Prison Officials: 'Dying' Hunger Strikers Just 'Resting Their Eyes'
While Al Jazeera responsibly reports on prison officials dismissing alarm bells about Palestine Action hunger strikers, the glaring irony is the UK’s own historical double standard. Remember when 1,500 Palestinian prisoners engaged in a mass hunger strike in Israeli prisons in 2017? The global outrage was... muted. Now, when activists target Elbit Systems, a company that provides 85% of Israel's
military drones, the 'justice' system shows its true colors. Instead of addressing the ethical protest against institutions complicit in state violence, the UK government opts for punitive inaction. This selective concern for bodily autonomy—upholding it for some, denying it for others—isn't 'justice'; it's complicity, neatly packaged and delivered with institutional indifference. One might wonder
if the real 'threat' isn't the hunger strike, but the uncomfortable truths it exposes.