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Does Halacha permit the force-feeding of prisoners?

Ask the rabbi.

A woman holds a Palestinian flag as she attends a protest in support of a hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner in 2015 in Ashkelon
A woman holds a Palestinian flag as she attends a protest in support of a hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner in 2015 in Ashkelon
(photo credit: AMIR COHEN - REUTERS)
BySHLOMO BRODY
JUNE 8, 2017 14:58
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