Palestinian Prisoner Khalida Jarrar in her own Words: The Age of Freedom Will Come - Politics for the People

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By Ramzy Baroud

Khalida Jarrar is a Palestinian feminist, a lawyer, educator and an
elected parliamentarian. Over the years, she came to symbolize
Palestinian popular resistance in the occupied West Bank, enraging the
Israeli occupation authorities that arrested her repeatedly.


Despite her failing health, as she is suffering from multiple ischemic infarctions and hypercholesterolemia, the 57-year-old feminist leader was thrown in jail, and placed in solitary confinement on many occasions.



After her release from prison in February 2019, she was rearrested in October, and is currently held under a precarious Israeli law known as ‘administrative detention’. This law is inconsistent with international law and the most basic requirements of fair trial in democratic countries, as prisoners are incarcerated for prolonged periods, without charge or due process.


Between her release and re-arrest, Jarrar contributed a Foreword to my latest book, These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons. Expectedly, her articulated message was that of the strength of character, determination, courage, and hope.



[AT THE ABOVE LINK] are excerpts of Jarrar’s Foreword, where she urges people around the world to “carry and communicate” the stories of Palestinian prisoners so that “someday, the walls of every prison may come tumbling down, ushering in the age of Palestinian freedom.”