Palestinian leader Khalida Jarrar’s imprisonment without charge or trial extended again

Palestinian parliamentarian, feminist and leftist leader Khalida Jarrar was once more ordered to imprisonment without charge or trial by the Israeli occupation. The renewal came for the fourth time on Thursday, 25 October; Jarrar has already been jailed without charge or trial for 16 months. The new detention order once again renews her imprisonment for four more months.

Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, of which Jarrar serves as vice-chair of the board and was formerly the Executive Director, noted that a hearing confirming the order will be held in an Israeli military court within the next week.

Administrative detention was first brought to Palestine by the British colonial mandate before being adopted by the Zionist occupation. Administrative detention orders can be issued for up to six months at a time, and they are indefinitely renewable. Palestinians have spent years at a time jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention. There are currently approximately 450 Palestinians jailed under administrative detention out of a total of 6,000 Palestinian political prisoners.

Jarrar is imprisoned at HaSharon prison, where she and fellow women prisoners are engaged in an ongoing campaign of resistance to Israeli surveillance and repression inside the prison. Palestinian women prisoners have been denied family visits in retaliation for their protest.

Take Action! 

Stand up for freedom for Khalida Jarrar and all Palestinian prisoners by taking action below.

1. Addameer has issued an action alert urging people to write and demonstrate for Khalida. Join in the action here: http://addameer.org/news/urgent-action-help-free-human-rights-defender-khalida-jarrar
2. Organize a protest, demonstration or other gathering or event to Free Khalida Jarrar.  Bring posters and flyers about Khalida’s case and hold a protest, or join a protest with this important information. Hold a community event or discussion, or include Khalida’s case in your next event about Palestine and social justice.  Find your nearest Israeli embassy here:  https://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-of/israel. Write to us at [email protected] or contact us on Facebook to let us know about your action! 
3.  Contact your Member of Parliament, Representative, or Member of European Parliament. The attack on Khalida is an attack on Palestinian parliamentary legitimacy and political expression. Parliamentarians have a responsibility to pressure Israel to cancel this order.
4. Boycott, Divest and Sanction. Hold Israel accountable for its violations of international law. Don’t buy Israeli goods, and campaign to end investments in corporations that profit from the occupation. Learn more at bdsmovement.net.

Learn more about Khalida Jarrar:

Jarrar is a longtime advocate for the freedom of Palestinian prisoners, the Vice-Chair of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and its former Executive Director. A member of the Palestinian Legislative Council elected as part of the leftist Abu Ali Mustafa Bloc, associated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, she chairs the PLC’s Prisoners Committee.

She is also an outspoken leader in the fight to hold Israeli officials accountable for war crimes in the International Criminal Court. She is a member of a Palestinian commission charged with bringing complaints and files before the international court about ongoing Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, from attacks on Gaza to land confiscation and settlement construction to mass arrests and imprisonment.

This is not the first time she has faced arrest and persecution. In 2014, she resisted – and defeated – an Israeli attempt to forcibly displace her from her family home in el-Bireh to Jericho. Only nine months later, in April 2015, she was seized by Israeli occupation forces and ordered to administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. After a global outcry, she was brought before Israeli military courts and faced 12 charges based on her political activity, from giving speeches to attending events in support of Palestinian prisoners.

After she was released in June 2016, she resumed her leading role in the Palestinian liberation movement, only to be seized once more on 2 July 2017 and once again thrown in prison with no charges and no trial. Her administrative detention was already renewed for another six months in December 2017, and it is clear that the Israeli occupation has no intention of releasing Khalida, one of the leaders among the 6,200 Palestinian prisoners (including nearly 500 administrative detainees) in Israeli jails.

Within the Israeli occupation prison, she has played a leading role in supporting the education of the minor girls held there, organizing classes on human rights and in review for mandatory high school examinations when the prison authority denied the girls a teacher.

Organizations Supporting Khalida Jarrar

Over 290 international groups, political parties, labor unions and social movements signed on to a statement in July 2018 supporting Khalida’s release. To add your group’s name to the statement, use the form or email [email protected] with your group’s name.

We come together today to demand the immediate release of Khalida Jarrar, an end to the policy and practice of administrative detention and freedom for Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails. We pledge to struggle for justice through protests, actions, organizing and escalating boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) actions against Israel, in Khalida’s own spirit of resistance.

Signed,

1. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
2. Al-Awda NY, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition
3. Al-Awda, The Palestine Right of Return Movement
4. Action Antifasciste NP2C
5. Actions4Palestine
6. Alkarama Movement of Palestinian Women
7. Al-Quds Day Committee of New York
8. Alternative Information Center
9. American Muslims for Palestine – NY/NJ
10. American Party of Labor
11. Anticapitalistas
12. Anti-Imperialist Action Ireland
13. Anti Internment Group London
14. Anti-Zionist and Anti-Imperialist Friends of Palestine
15. ArbeiterInnenmacht (Germany)
16. Arbeiter*innenstandpunkt (Austria)
17. Asociación Palestina BILADI
18. Association Belgo-Palestinienne
19. Association des Universitaires pour le Respect du Droit International en Palestine (AURDIP)
20. Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR), India
21. Association France-Palestine Solidarité
22. Association France-Palestine Solidarité — Groupe du Pays de Cornouaille
23. AFPS 63 (Association France Palestine Solidarité 63)
24. AFPS 59/62
25. AFPS Albertville
26. AFPS Alès-Cévennes
27. AFPS Groupe Local Ardèche-Drôme
28. AFPS Nanterre
29. AFPS Paris 14-6
30. Arbetarmakt (Workers Power)
31. Associazione Amicizia Sardegna Palestina
32. Assopace Palestina – Italy
33. ATIK – Confederation of Workers from Turkey in Europe
34. BAF – Brigade Antifasciste de Strasbourg
35. Balfour Declaration Centenary Campaign
36. BDS Berlin
37. BDS France Saint-Étienne
38. BDS France Toulouse
39. BDS Italia
40. BDS Turkey
41. BDS UChile (Universidad de Chile)
42. BDS Vancouver-Coast Salish
43. BDS Zürich
44. Belgian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (BACBI)
45. Biellesi per la Palestina Libera Committee
46. Black Alliance for Peace
47. Boycott! Supporting the Palestinian BDS Call from Within (aka Boycott from Within – Israeli citizens for BDS)
48. Bruxelles Panthéres
49. Cafe Palestina of the Southern Berkshires
50. California Coalition for Women Prisoners
51. Campagne BDS France
52. Campagne unitaire pour la libération de Georges Ibahim Abdallah (Paris)
53. Campaign to Boycott Supporters of “Israel” in Lebanon
54. Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat
55. Canada Palestine Association
56. Canadian BDS Coalition
57. Canadian Friends of Sabeel
58. Centre de la Communauté Démocratique Kurde de Toulouse
59. Cercle de Silence – Amiens
60. Christchurch Progressive Network
61. Coalition for Justice – Blacksburg
62. Coalition of Women for Peace
63. CODEPINK – Women for Peace
64. Colectivo Contraimpunidad
65. Collectif 69 de soutien au peuple palestinien
66. Collectif de Soutien à la Résistance Palestinienne 59-62
67. Collectif Judéo Arabe et Citoyen pour la Palestine
68. Collectif Justice pour la Palestine Annecy
69. Collectif pour la Libération de Georges Ibrahim Abdallah
70. Colletivo Palestina Rossa
71. COMAC
72. Comité Internacional Paz,Justicia y Dignidad a los Pueblos
73. Comité de Vigilance pour la Démocratie en Tunisie
74. Comité Poitevin Palestine
75. Comite pour le Respect des Libetés et des Droits de l Homme en Tunisie CRLDHT
76. Comité pour une Paix Juste au Proche-Orient, Luxembourg
77. Committee to Stop FBI Repression – National
78. Committee to Stop FBI Repression – NY
79. Committees for a Democratic Palestine – Europe
80. Communist Party, Sweden
81.  Confederation Nationale du Travail / National Confederation of Labor (CNT-f) – International Secretariat
82. Coordinamento Napoli Palestin
83. Coordinamento di Solidarietà con la Palestina – Sicilia
84. Corsica Internaziunalista
85. Corvallis Palestine Solidarity
86. Coup Pour Coup 31
87. DİSK (Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey)
88. Dones x Dones
89. Dun Padraig Friends of Palestine
90. Egitim Sen Istanbul 6 Nolu Üniversiteler Subesi
91. EH Bildu municipal group of Donostia
92. Emmaus Bjorka
93. Eye On Palestine Arts and Film Festival
94. Familles de prisonniers pour la Justice – Belgique
95. Femmes en lutte 93
96. Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! Manchester
97. F.O.R. Palestine (Berlin)
98. Framåt kamrater
99. Free Gaza Movement
100. Free Palestine Movement
101. Freedom Archives
102. Freedom Road Socialist Organization
103. Friends of Palestine Network
104. Friends of Sabeel North America
105. Frihet åt Ahed Tamimi Göteborg
106. Fronte Palestina
107. Gaza Action Ireland
108. General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS Aix-Marseille)
109. General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS France)
110. Gents Actieplatform Palestina
111. Global Campaign for Palestinian Political Prisoners (GCPPP)
112. Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
113. Greek Front of Resistance and Solidarity with Palestine “Ghassan Kanafani”
114. Green Mountain Solidarity with Palestine
115. Greenville for Gaza
116. Groupe Non-Violent LOUIS LECOIN
117. Handala Center for Prisoners and Former Prisoners – Palestine
118. Harakat Shaab – Lebanon
119. HDP Peoples’ Democratic Party
120. HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party) Central Women’s Assembly
121. Hilombé Solidaridad
122. Human Rights Defenders
123. ICAHD
124. If Americans Knew
125. Independent Jewish Voices – Canada
126. Indivisible Midlands
127. Inminds Human Rights Group
128. intal
129. International Action Center
130. International Association of Democratic Lawyers
131. International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
132. International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) Spain
133. International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network – Canada
134. International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS)
135. International Red Help
136. International Women’s Alliance
137. Internationalt Forum – Denmark
138. Invictapalestina – Documentation Center
139. Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign
140. Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association (IRPWA)
141. Irish Socialist Republicans
142. ISM France
143. Izquierda Unida – Spain
144. Jacksonville Community Action Committee
145. Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network
146. Jericho Movement – National
147. Jericho Movement – New York City
148. Jersey City Peace Movement
149. Jeune Garde Lyon
150. Jeunes Révolutionnaires Genève
151. Jeunes Révolutionnaires Vaud
152. Jewish Liberation Theology Institute
153. Jewish People’s Liberation Organization
154. Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)
155. Jewish Women for Justice in Israel/ Palestine
156. Jews Against Genocide (JAG)
157. Jews for Palestinian Right of Return
158. Justice for Palestine Matters
159. Justice For Palestinians, Calgary
160. Justice for Palestinians – San Jose
161. Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights – Philippines
162. Katie Miranda Studios
163. Kia Ora Gaza (New Zealand)
164. Kickapoo Peace Circle
165. Kunstnerhuset
166. LA4Palestine
167. Labor for Palestine
168. Laura Wells for Congress, District 13
169. La Voix des Prisonnier.ère.s Politiques de Turquie et Kurdistan
170. Le Collectif Rouge Internationaliste pour la libération des prisonniers révolutionnaires (Paris)
171. Le Comité d’action et de soutien aux luttes du peuple marocain (Paris)
172. League for the Fifth International
173. Liga Argentina por los Derechos del Hombre
174. Links Ecologisch Forum/Forum Gauche Ecologie – LEF-FGE
175. Libérons-les
176. London Palestine Action
177. Madison-Rafah Sister City Project
178. MADRE
179. Manchester Boycott Israel Group
180. Manchester Palestine Action
181. Mouvement Citoyens Palestine
182. National Campaign to Free Georges Abdallah – Lebanon
183. National Coalition to Protect Student Privacy
184. National Lawyers Guild International Committee
185. National Lawyers Guild- Massachusetts Chapter
186. National Student Federation (Pakistan)
187. NavBel
188. New Orleans Workers Group
189. Newry Palestinian Support Group
190. NION (Not In Our Name)
191. No One Is Illegal – Vancouver Coast Salish Territories
192. NY4Palestine
193. NYU Disorientation Guide
194. NYU Jewish Voice for Peace
195. NZ Palestine Solidarity Network
196. Palbox
197. Palestina Solidariteit vzw
198. Palestine 13
199. Palestine Democratic Forum
200. Palestine International Network – Lebanon
201. Palestine Solidarity Committee – Austin, TX
202. Palestine Solidarity Network – Edmonton
203. Palestinian Child and Youth Institute (PCYI)
204. Palestinian Cultural Club – American University of Beirut
205. Palestinian Cultural Club – Beirut
206. Palestinian Progressive Student Bloc
207. Palestinian Refugee Portal
208. Palestinian Support Centre- Kingston ON
209. Palestinians and Jews Decolonize
210. Palestina Toma La Calle
211. Palestinian Youth Movement – USA
212. Partido Comunista de España
213. Party for Socialism and Liberation
214. Paz con Dignidad
215. People Power Assembly Queens
216. People’s Power Assembly
217. Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee
218. Plate-Forme Charleroi-Palestine
219. Popular Resistance
220. Potere al popolo Biella e Valsesia Party
221. Progetto Palestina
222. Progressive Palestinian Youth Union
223. Progressive Scouts Group – Gaza
224. Progressive Student Labor Front (Palestine)
225. Project South
226. PVDA/PTB (Workers’ Party of Belgium)
227. Queer Palestinian Empowerment Network
228. RAGE – Réseau d’Agitation Genève
229. RedMed Web Network
230. Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP
231. Republican Network for Unity
232. Revolutionary Communist Group (Britain)
233. Revolutionary Socialist Movement (Pakistan)
234. Revolutionary Workers Party (DİP) (Turkey)
235. REVOLUTION (youth movement)
236. Rifondazione Comunista Biellese Party
237. Right of Return Coalition – Baddawi Camp, Lebanon (composed of 22 organizations)
238. Saoradh
239. Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign
240. Secours Rouge Belgique / Red Help Belgium
241. Secours Rouge Canada
242. Secours Rouge Genève
243. Sheffield Hallam Palestine Society
244. Sheffield Labour Friends of Palestine
245. Sheffield Labour Students
246. Sheffield Palestine Education Network
247. Sodepaz Euskadi
248. Solidarity with Palestine St. John’s
249. Studenten voor Rechtvaardigheid in Palestina (SRP-NL)
250. Students Against Israeli Apartheid at York University
251. Students for Justice in Palestine – CCNY
252. Students for Justice in Palestine – College of Staten Island
253. Students for Justice in Palestine – Houston
254. Students for Justice in Palestine – NYU
255. Students for Justice in Palestine – Temple University
256. Students for Justice in Palestine at University of South Carolina
257. Syria Solidarity Movement
258. Taqadomy Media Team
259. TJA (Tevgera Jinên Azad)  – Free Women Movement
260. The Bronx Green Party
261. The Palestine Project
262. The Red Nation
263. Toronto BDS Action
264. UNADIKUM Association
265. United National Antiwar Campaign (UNAC)
266. Union of Palestinian Communities and Institutions – Europe
267. Unión de Juventudes Comunistas de España
268. Unione Democratica Arabe Palestina (UDAP)
269. Union des consommateurs musulmans de la région parisienne
270. Union juive française pour la paix (UJFP)
271. United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network
272. United for Palestine Toronto/GTA
273. University of Leeds – Palestine Solidarity Group
274. University of Sheffield Palestine Society
275. UGEP (Unión General de Estudiantes Palestinos Chile)
276. US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI)
277. US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)
278. Vermonters for Justice in Palestine
279. Victoria Coalition against Israeli Apartheid
280. Victory to the Intifada Manchester
281. Vlaams-Socialistische Beweging (Flanders)
282. Vrede vzw
283. WESPAC Foundation
284. Within Our Lifetime • United for Palestine
285. Women Against Military Madness
286. Women In Solidarity With Palestine
287. Women for Women’s Humans Rights – New Ways
288. Women’s Organization for Political Prisoners (WOFPP)
289. Women’s Solidarity Foundation (KADAV)-Turkey
290. Workers World Party
291. YECHOUROUN-Judaisme contre sionisme
292. Young Democratic Socialists – University of South Carolina