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Israel’s cabinet approved on Sunday a proposed law that would enable authorities to force-feed Palestinian prisoners who are on hunger strike, a practice opposed by the country’s medical association. Israel has long been concerned that hunger strikes by Palestinians in its jails could end in death and trigger waves of protests in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan, who sponsored the bill, said the cabinet’s support for the legislation would allow him to re-submit it to parliament for two final votes in the near future.