Friday, April 3, 2015
Thursday, April 2, 2015
After yesterday's arrest of PFLP:s Khalida Jarrar by Israel's occupation forces in Ramallah on West Bank, a total of 16 members of Palestinian Legislative Council are now imprisoned by the Israeli occupation.
More (in Arabic).
Israeli forces detain lawmaker, PFLP member Khalida Jarrar
Israeli forces detained Palestinian lawmaker and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Khalida Jarrar after raiding her home early Thursday.Israeli forces surrounded her house in the al-Irsal neighborhood al-Bireh near Ramallah, confiscating two computers and a mobile phone after searching the home.
Jarrar's daughter Yaffa told Ma'an that Israeli forces came around 3:00 a.m., demanded to see her mother, and informed her that she was under arrest.
Head of the Palestinian Prisoner's Society, Fares Qaddura, denounced Jarrar's arrest as a "revengeful act" in response to her refusal to agree to the Israeli army's decision to deport her from the Ramallah district to Jericho.
The Israeli authorities had issued the order last August. She did not respond to the order and the Israeli authorities dropped it some two months later.
At the time, prisoner rights group Addameer said that Jarrar was told she would be confined to Jericho for the next six months because she was a "threat to the security of the area."
Following the initial order, the group also noted that the raid pointed to the fact that the Palestinian Authority was complicit in her arrest, as any raid on areas in Area A -- the approximately 20 percent of the West Bank technically under full Palestinian control as a result of the Oslo Accords -- had to be taken with their coordination.
"By allowing Israeli occupying forces to enter Ramallah means that in effect the so-called 'security co-ordination' between Palestinian Authority security forces and Israeli occupying forces allowed for the expulsion of an elected representative of the Palestinian people, an elected representative who has continuously called for an end to such 'coordination,'" the group said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman did not have any immediate information but told Ma'an she would look into Thursday morning's incident.
Jarrar is an active member in several women committees as well as the prisoners' committee in the legislative council.
Her detainment came just one day after Muna Qadan, political affiliate of Islamic Jihad, was sentenced to 70 months in prison by Israeli authorities for alleged illegal political activity.
The majority of Palestinian political organizations are considered illegal by Israel, and association with such parties is often used as grounds for imprisonment, according to Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association Addameer.
BREAKING NEWS: Palestinian leader, parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar arrested by Israeli occupation forces
In the early morning hours of Thursday, April 2, over 60 Israeli occupation soldiers raided the home of Palestinian parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar, a prominent leftist leader, feminist, and human rights advocate, arresting her, kicking down the door and holding her husband in a separate room. A leader in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Jarrar defeated an Israeli occupation attempt in September 2014 to expel her from Ramallah to Jericho for six months. Take action: Demand the immediate release of Khalida Jarrar! See Italian Language alert: http://kanafani.it/?p=882
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
PFLP condemns US-supported aggression on Yemen
PFLP condemns US-supported aggression on Yemen
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine condemns the US-backed aggression on Yemen, in a statement released March 29, expressing concern about the implications of these developments and their inherent risks at all levels.
The PFLP emphasizes:
1. its condemnation of the US-backed aggression on Yemen, rejecting any interference in its internal affairs.
2. the adoption of dialogue as a means to resolve internal issues and for a path of democratic and peaceful change determined by the Yemeni people.
3. that it is the duty of the Arab nation and the Arab League to instead assist Yemen to resolve the crisis in order to achieve the aspirations of the Yemeni people for democratic governance, protect the freedoms of all, and protect them from sectarian or tribal conflict.
Speaking in Ramallah at a mass rally commemorating Martyr’s Day, Comrade Khalida Jarrar said that the Front salutes the Arab people of Yemen, calling for their steadfastness and victory against this criminal US-backed war in the Gulf. “The people in the end will prevail, and Yemen will defeat the invaders,” she said.
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