Khalida Jarrar, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Committee, has been arrested during a raid on her home by the Israeli army.
“They came this morning at around 1am. There were about 50 or 60 soldiers, both male and female,” Ghassan Jarrar, Khalida’s husband, told Al Jazeera on Thursday.
“They smashed the front gate of our home, and then broke into the house. They searched every room, took a lot of documents, stole our computers, and [Khalida’s] mobile. Then they decided to arrest her.”
The PLC is the body of the Palestinian Authority in charge of drafting and enacting laws, though it has been suspended since 2007, after a national Palestinian election that saw Hamas dominate the parliament, and the ensuing Hamas-Fatah split.
A representative of the media relations department of the PLC told Al Jazeera that Khalida Jarrar’s arrest was “a direct attack” on the freedom of Palestinian lawmakers and democracy generally. “This is an unlawful abduction, and is representative of the harsh reality of the Israeli occupation,” the representative noted.
The Israeli army told Al Jazeera that Khalida Jarrar “has actively supported and encouraged terrorist activities over recent months… [her] detention is based on substantive concerns for the security and safety of the region.”
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