Resisting Expulsion and Deportation: Recent reports on the case of Khalida Jarrar

The following new articles on the case of Khalida Jarrar include interviews, analysis, and updates on Khalida’s struggle to resist the expulsion order placed on her by Israeli occupation military forces. As of August 28, 2014, over 2,000 organizations and individuals have signed on to demand the immediate cancellation of the expulsion order – including Members of European Parliament Mike Carthy and Marie-Christine Vergiat – and thousands more have sent letters demanding the same.

Take action and learn more: Visit samidoun.ca/khalidajarrar for all updates and news on the Campaign in Solidarity with Khalida Jarrar, and action items you can take.

  • PFLP activist refuses to succumb to Israeli expulsion threats – Bethan Staton, Middle East Eye, August 26, 2014. “In defiance of an order demanding her expulsion from the city, Palestinian politician, Khalida Jarrar remains in Ramallah again today – and she is pledging to stay. Since she received the demand that she leave to Jericho nearly one week ago, the campaign to support the leader in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine continues to gather momentum, with support from Palestinian, Arab and international groups.” READ MORE…
  • Israel ramps up pressure – Elizabeth Austwick, Alternative Information Center, August 28, 2014. “Speaking to the Alternative Information Center (AIC), Khalida Jarrar, a Palestinian Legislative Council Member who recently received a deportation order, says this is part of a clear campaign against the PFLP. “They want to punish or use some kind of measures such as arresting or deporting people” she said, to enforce a form of control in the West Bank.” READ MORE…
  • Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar Resists Deportation – Free Haifa, August 26, 2014. “The occupation forces have their special way to bring you a letter, or rather to convey a message. On Wednesday, August 20, they deployed some 50 soldiers, in full combat gear, to bring a small piece of paper to Khalida Jarrar, Palestinian MP from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), in her home in Ramallah. The time was also carefully chosen, 01:30 at night, in the best military tradition of terrorizing the occupied population.” READ MORE…
  • Israel expels PLC member Khalida Jarrar – Ahmad Jaradat, Alternative Information Center, August 21, 2014. “Dozens of Palestinian political leaders gathered at the home of Legislative Council Member Khalida Jarrar Wednesday night, prepared for possible confrontation if Israeli troops had come to arrest her.” READ MORE…
  • Transfert forcé par Israël de Khalida Jarrar, membre du PLC – Ahmad Jaradat, AIC, August 21, 2014. “Khalida Jarrar, membre du PLC (Palestinian Legislative Council – Le Conseil Législatif Palestinien) a eu plusieurs réunions depuis mercredi pour évaluer les possibilités face à l’ordonnance d’Israël de transfert à Jéricho. Jarrar a refusé de quitter de son plein gré son domicile de Ramallah pour Jéricho. Que va faire Israël ?” READ MORE…
  • Israel kills human rights defenders and their families – Adri Nieuwhof, Electronic Intifada, August 21,  2014. “Jarrar was ordered to leave Ramallah and travel to the district of Jericho where she would be required to stay for six months. The military order is supposedly based on secret information and states that Jarrar “poses a threat to the security of the region, so she must be put under special monitoring.” READ MORE…