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A thousand Palestinian prisoners are on a hunger strike. This woman is fighting for their rights.
Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar gestures as she is carried by Palestinian activists after her release from an Israeli jail at Israeli Jbara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Tulkarm in 2016. (Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters)
RAMALLAH — Khalida Jarrar’s neat office and smart appearance offer little indication that this time last year she was serving out a 15-month sentence in an Israeli jail cell.
She’s an elected Palestinian parliamentarian, a lawyer, a wife and a mother. She is also, according to Israel, an agitator and a danger to its security. Her travel has been restricted for years by Israel and she has not left the occupied West Bank since 1998.
In April 2015, an Israeli military court convicted her of incitement and membership in an illegal terrorist organization, among other things — charges she still denies.
A thousand Palestinian prisoners are on a hunger strike. This woman is fighting for their rights.
Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar gestures as she is carried by Palestinian activists after her release from an Israeli jail at Israeli Jbara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Tulkarm in 2016. (Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters)
RAMALLAH — Khalida Jarrar’s neat office and smart appearance offer little indication that this time last year she was serving out a 15-month sentence in an Israeli jail cell.
She’s an elected Palestinian parliamentarian, a lawyer, a wife and a mother. She is also, according to Israel, an agitator and a danger to its security. Her travel has been restricted for years by Israel and she has not left the occupied West Bank since 1998.
In April 2015, an Israeli military court convicted her of incitement and membership in an illegal terrorist organization, among other things — charges she still denies.
A thousand Palestinian prisoners are on a hunger strike. This woman is fighting for their rights.
