28/12/2023
From Samidoun Network (https://samidoun.net/2023/12/free-khalida-jarrar-palestinian-feminist-leftist-and-scholar-seized-by-occupation-forces/):
"Free Khalida Jarrar! The feminist, leftist, and Palestinian scholar was seized from her home in El-Bireh, occupied Palestine, in the morning hours of 26 December 2023 as part of mass arrests by Zionist forces in the West Bank of occupied Palestine during the genocide in Gaza.
Jarrar has long been a leftist leader and is currently a scholar and researcher at the Muwatin Institute at Birzeit University. In fact, she was scheduled to appear on 27 December at a panel convened by Jadaliyya on imprisonment in the time of genocide; she was seized from her home only one day before.
Jarrar has been imprisoned on multiple occasions by the occupation regime, including in 2015, when her administrative detention without charge or trial drew global protests before she was then transferred to the occupation military courts. She is a lifelong advocate for the liberation of political prisoners and was targeted specifically for her statements and advocacy for the liberation of Palestinian prisoners.
In 2019, she was once again seized by the occupation regime. While she was imprisoned, her daughter Suha tragically passed away. She was denied the right to see Suha's body and attend her funeral before she was released again in 2021. During both of her times of imprisonment, she established independent educational programs to teach the imprisoned minor girls the high school education they were denied as well as the adult women prisoners their rights under international law.
She discusses her imprisonment in the book by Ramzy Baroud and Ilan Pappe, "Our vision for liberation;" her piece is published at the The Palestine Chronicle: https://www.palestinechronicle.com/fashioning-hope-out-of-despair-who-is-khalida-jarrar-iconic-palestinian-leader-detained-by-israel/
In the months since 7 October, while the Zionist regime has been waging a full-fledged genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, they have seized thousands of prisoners and subjected them to horrific conditions. Palestinians from Gaza in particular have been brutally and routinely tortured and abused by occupation forces. This is both a continuation of the attack on the Palestinian people as well as a mechanism to inflate the number of prisoners in order to manipulate the results of a prisoner exchange with the Palestinian resistance.
Freedom for Khalida Jarrar and all Palestinians in zionist, imperialist and reactionary jails!"
Image description: Picture of Khalida Jarrar in handcuffs with the following white and red text on top of a red background:
"Freedom For Khalida Jarrar
Palestinian leftist, feminist and scholar seized by the Zionist occupation regime on 26 December 2023 as part of mass arrests in the West Bank of occupied Palestine during the genocide in Gaza
Samidoun
Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network"
