Israel must not yield to hunger-striking Palestinians, says lawmaker

Tel Aviv (dpa) – Israel must not yield to demands being made by more than 1,000 “shameless” Palestinian prisoners on an indefinite hunger strike, top Israeli lawmaker Tzachi Hanegbi said on Tuesday. “This is a gang of shameless guys, of merciless murderers,” Hanegbi told Israel Radio. Calling their demands baseless, Hanegbi argued that the strike started…