Palestinian Parties Condemn Detention of Female Lawmaker by Zionist Regime
Israeli troopers raided the home of 55-year-old Khalida Jarra in the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday morning and arrested her.
She is also the head the Prisoners’ Commission of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and is vice-chairperson of the board of directors of Palestinian prisoners’ rights group, Addameer, according to Press TV.
Head of the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Qaraqe denounced Israel for arresting Jarrar, saying the detention is "a violation of international laws and of immunity given to elected Parliament members.”
Jarrar’s detention comes about a year after she was released from Israeli custody.
Israeli soldiers last arrested the Palestinian lawmaker on April 2, 2015 after storming her house in Ramallah. She was released from prison on June 3, 2016 on a suspended sentence of 12 months within a five-year period.
Qaraqe urged all Arab and foreign parliaments to intervene and ensure the release of Jarrar as well as 12 other PLC members currently imprisoned in Israeli detention facilities.
He also noted that Israel have arrested about 70 lawmakers since 2002, equal to about half of the total number of PLC members.
Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), condemned the detention of Jarrar as well as the chairwoman of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees Khitam Saafin in Beituniya.
