Khalida Jarrar

Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) upon her release from an Israeli prison, at a checkpoint near the West Bank town of Tulkarem, June 3, 2016. (Haytham Shtayeh/Flash90)

Israeli army arrests Palestinian feminist lawmaker, months after her release

Khalida Jarrar was last released from Israeli custody in February, where she was held for 20 months without charge or trial. By Jaclynn Ashly Dozens of Israeli soldiers arrested Khalida Jarrar, a prominent Palestinian left-wing lawmaker and activist, after raiding her home in central Ramallah city in the occupied West Bank overnight on Thursday. Suha Ghassan, Jarrar’s…

By +972 Magazine, Ami Kaufman and Dimi Reider November 1, 2019

Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar seen following her release from 20 months of administrative detention, Ramallah, West Bank, February 28, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Feminist Palestinian lawmaker free after 20 months in prison without trial

Khalida Jarrar is released from Israeli custody following almost two years under administrative detention. By +972 Magazine Staff Palestinian parliament member Khalida Jarrar was released Thursday morning after nearly two years in Israeli administrative detention. This is not the first time Israel has put Jarrar under administrative detention, a practice in which detainees are held without charge or trial.…

By +972 Magazine February 28, 2019

Sahar Francis, Director of Addameer, seen at the organization’s offices in Ramallah, the West Bank on February 19, 2019. (Photo: Mohannad Darabee for +972 Magazine)

‘Change doesn’t come from the courthouses alone’

Addameer director Sahar Francis talks about the pervasiveness of incarceration in Palestinian society, how she and her organization have been targeted by Israeli forces for their work, and what it means if the international community can’t hold Israel accountable for the occupation. There is one legal case Sahar Francis says she’ll never forget. It was…

By Henriette Chacar February 21, 2019

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Palestinian parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar in Ofer military court, June 22, 2015. (photo: Haggai Matar)

Army extends administrative detention of Palestinian feminist lawmaker

Khalida Jarrar, a Palestinian parliamentarian known for her human rights activism, has been imprisoned indefinitely and without charges since July 2017. By +972 Magazine The Israeli army extended the administrative detention of feminist Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar by four months on Sunday, following her arrest in July 2017. Her detention was last extended for the first time last…

By +972 Magazine June 17, 2018

Joint List head Ayman Odeh accompanies Palestinian legislator Khalida Jarrar as she leaves Israeli prison after serving a 15-month sentence. (photo courtesy of the Joint List)

Feminist Palestinian lawmaker freed from Israeli prison after 14 months

Palestinian parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar served 14 months for incitement and membership in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Feminist Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar, who served 14 months in an Israeli prison, was released Friday morning to a crowd of chanting supporters. Jarrar, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine…

By Edo Konrad June 3, 2016

Illustrative photo of a man being arrested. (Shutterstock.com)

Israeli soldiers detain Palestinian lawmaker in overnight raid

Soldiers detain Hamas-linked Abed al-Jaber Fuqaha in his Ramallah home. Fuqaha, who was released from administrative detention a year ago, has spent a total of seven years in prison. He is the seventh Palestinian lawmaker in Israeli custody. By Noam Rotem Israeli forces arrested Palestinian parliamentarian Abed al-Jaber Fuqaha in his home in the al-Masyoun neighborhood of…

By +972 Magazine May 18, 2016

A leftist demonstrator looks on after being arrested by police during an anti-war demonstration in Tel Aviv. (photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Maybe there’s just no room for human rights in Israel

Those trying to delegitimize rights groups because their funds come from overseas are sending a very clear message: human and civil rights are not values that exist naturally in Israel. Left-leaning Israelis have for decades warned that the occupation will one day come home to roost — that the injustices visited upon Palestinians in the territories…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man December 16, 2015

Palestinian parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar in Ofer military court, June 22, 2015. (photo: Haggai Matar)

Military court sentences feminist Palestinian lawmaker to 15 months

Following eight months under administrative detention and a lengthy trial, Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar signed a plea bargain that will send her to prison for 15 months. By Yael Marom An Israeli military court sentenced Palestinian parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar to 15 months in prison on Sunday. Jarrar, who is a prominent critic of the Palestinian…

By +972 Magazine December 7, 2015

Photo lineup used to identify Khalida Jarrar. Can you pick out the female suspect? (A photocopy from the investigation file)

Shin Bet photo lineup: Can you pick out the female suspect?

Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar’s trial in Israeli military court has lasted more than six months. When the judge threatened to release her, the military prosecution said it would simply throw her back in administrative detention. By Avi Blecherman I’ve been in a few court hearings in my day. I’ve also seen a fair number of…

By +972 Magazine November 10, 2015

Women hold posters depicting imprisoned Palestinian parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar at a protest against administrative detention in Nablus. Jarrar was put under administrative detention before Israel finally indicted her under international pressure, Nablus, West Bank. September 10, 2015. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Mainstreaming administrative detention

Israel is currently imprisoning over 350 Palestinians and three Jewish Israelis without trial and with no way of defending themselves against charges they often aren’t even allowed to see. As Palestinians demand international intervention, Israeli lawmakers move to codify the practice. Activists in the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday demanded that the International…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man September 12, 2015

Palestinian parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar in Ofer military court, June 22, 2015. (photo: Haggai Matar)

Jailed Palestinian lawmaker pleads innocence

Khalida Jarrar, who was arrested for representing the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in the Palestinian legislature, rejects all charges against her as trial opens in West Bank military court. Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar, who was arrested in March and has been imprisoned ever since, plead innocent Monday as her highly-publicized trial began…

By Haggai Matar June 23, 2015

Imprisoned PLO leader Marwan Barghouti (SP Foto/CC BY NC-ND 2.0)

12 Palestinian members of parliament are in Israeli prison

While we often hear Palestinian prisoners in the news, little is said about the lawmakers currently sitting in Israeli prisons. Many of them have spent years in jail, often as political prisoners in administrative detention, suffering beatings, interrogations and imprisonment in difficult conditions. Yet many of them still see a chance of living side-by-side with Israel, whether…

By +972 Magazine June 6, 2015

Khalida Jarrar, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and a leader in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, poses for a photo showing an internal expulsion order given to her by Israeli soldiers who invaded her home in Ramallah in the early hours of August 20, Ramallah, West Bank, August 27, 2014. Jarrar was ordered to go to Jericho within 24 hours, but she refused to sign the paper. She is determined to stay in a protest tent in front of the Palestinian Council in Ramallah until the decision is revoked.

Military court orders feminist Palestinian lawmaker released on bail

The military prosecution is planning to appeal the decision, and may even try to send Jarrar back into administrative detention. An Israeli military court rejected the military prosecutor’s request Thursday to detain Palestinian Legislative Council member Khalida Jarrar until the end of legal proceedings. Jarrar was arrest in April by Israeli soldiers. She was first…

By Haggai Matar May 23, 2015