Palestinian MP and freedom fighter Khalida Jarrar

Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar Freed after 2 Years in Israeli Prison

Palestinian legislator Khalida Jarrar, a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was released on Sunday, September 26, after serving two years in Israeli prison, more than half of that time under administrative detention. The latter procedure, primarily used by Israel with Palestinians political prisoners, allows occupation security forces to imprison…

Maher al-Akhras and MK Ofer Cassif at the Medical Center in Rehovot where the Palestinian prisoner is being detained, Friday, November 7.

Palestinian Ends 103-Day Hunger Strike after Israel Commits to End His Administrative Detention

Palestinian detainee Maher al-Akhras ended his hunger strike, which lasted 103 days, after security services promised not to extend his administrative detention. Al-Akhras’s decision was first announced by the Chairman of the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee in Israel and leading Communist Party member, Mohammad Barakeh on Friday, November 6. Barakeh added that al-Akhras, 49, who hails…