A Palestinian boy holds a portrait of a relative imprisoned in Israeli jails during a protest in front of the Red Cross offices in east Jerusalem on May 25, 2017, as hundreds of the detainees entered the second month of a hunger strike.
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said he has asked the United States to mediate on a standoff between Israeli authorities and Palestinian prisoners on a weeks-long hunger strike. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI        (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images)