</s>Israeli authorities have re-arrested a prominent Palestinian lawmaker in an overnight raid over her leadership in a movement Israel considers a terrorist organization, officials said Sunday.

Khalida Jarrar was arrested in the raid in the Ramallah area in the occupied West Bank, Israel's army said.

The 54-year-old was released in June 2016 after 14 months in an Israeli jail for allegedly encouraging attacks against Israelis.

Jarrar is a senior figure in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a Marxist party considered a terrorist organization by Israel, the United States and the European Union.

Many of its leaders are in custody and Jarrar has been jailed multiple times.

Israel's army alleged that "after her release she returned to the activity in the PFLP terror organization," calling her one of its senior leaders in the West Bank.

"She was apprehended for her involvement in the PFLP and not because of her membership in the (Palestinian parliament)," an army spokeswoman said.

Israeli authorities said they had also arrested Khatim Khativ, whom they said was a senior PFLP leader as well.

Jarrar is a member of the Palestinian parliament, which has not met since 2007 after elections a year earlier were won by the Islamist movement Hamas.

A number of Palestinian lawmakers are currently detained by Israel.

Addameer, a prisoners' support and rights group, said a total of 11 people had been arrested in the raid, including Jarrar and Khitam Saafin, who it identified as chairwoman of the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees.

"The arrest of Khalida Jarrar constitutes an attack against Palestinian political leaders and Palestinian civil society as a whole," it said in a statement.

"It also constitutes one arrest in the context of continuous arrest campaigns against Palestinians."</s>The Shin Bet internal security service said Khalida Jarrar was arrested along with a Palestinian activist near the West Bank city of Ramallah for "promoting terror activities," without elaborating.

Jarrar, 55, is a popular figure among Palestinians and is known for fiery speeches against Israel. In 2015, Israel sentenced her to 15 months for incitement to violence.

FILE - In this June 3, 2016 file photo, Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar is greeted by supporters after her release from an Israeli prison at the Jabara checkpoint near the West Bank town of Tulkarem. On Sunday, July 2, 2017, Israeli security forces detained Jarrar for alleged security offenses. The Shin Bet internal security service said Jarrar was arrested Sunday along with a Palestinian activist near the West Bank city of Ramallah for "promoting terror activities," without elaborating. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Her husband, Ghassan said forces seized computers in Sunday's raid.

Jarrar is a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a left-leaning faction opposed to peace with Israel. The group was involved in hijackings and other major attacks in the 1970s but has largely scaled back its militant activities in recent years.</s>In this June 3, 2016 file photo, Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar is greeted by supporters after her release from an Israeli prison at the Jabara checkpoint near the West Bank town of Tulkarem. On Sunday, July 2, 2017, Israeli security forces detained Jarrar for alleged security offenses.

Start the conversation, or Read more at Ledger-Enquirer.com.</s>The Shin Bet internal security service said Khalida Jarrar was arrested along with a Palestinian activist near the West Bank city of Ramallah for “promoting terror activities,” without elaborating.

Jarrar, 55, is a popular figure among Palestinians and is known for fiery speeches against Israel. In 2015, Israel sentenced her to 15 months for incitement to violence.

Her husband, Ghassan said forces seized computers in Sunday’s raid.

Jarrar is a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a left-leaning faction opposed to peace with Israel. The group was involved in hijackings and other major attacks in the 1970s but has largely scaled back its militant activities in recent years.</s>In this Thursday, May 21, 2015 file photo, Palestinian Parliament member Khalida Jarrar of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine attends a court session charged with inciting violence, at the Israeli Ofer military base near the West Bank city of Ramallah A well-known Palestinian lawmaker and activist was arrested Saturday night near the West Bank city of Ramallah as part of a joint operation by the IDF and the Shin Bet Security agency, a year after she was released from custody and feted by Israeli lawmakers.

Start the conversation, or Read more at The Times of Israel.</s>Palestinian political leadership has reacted with outrage over the detention of feminist, human rights activist, and Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Khalida Jarrar, detained by Israeli forces from her home in Ramallah during a predawn military raid on Sunday.

Head of the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Qaraqe condemned Israel for detaining Jarrar, a member of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) faction who also heads the the Prisoners’ Commission of the PLC, and is vice-chairperson of the board of directors of Palestinian prisoners’ rights group Addameer.

Qaraqe said Jarrar’s detention, which comes just over a year after she was released from Israeli custody, represented “a violation of international laws and of immunity given to elected Parliament members.” He demanded that all Arab and foreign parliaments intervene and work toward security Jarrar’s release, as well as the release of the 12 other PLC members currently imprisoned by Israel.

According to Qaraqe, Israeli forces have detained around 70 deputies since 2002, equal to about half of the total number of PLC members. He highlighted the targeting of female parliamentarians over the years, who have also included Majida Fida and Samira Halaika.

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi released a statement, in which she also deplored the detention of the chairwoman of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees Khitam Saafin in Beituniya on the same night Jarrar was detained.

“We protest the arrest of Palestinian lawmakers and women activists, as well as the ongoing detention of Palestinian political and civil society leaders,” Ashrawi wrote, adding that, “Clearly, this political arrest is further proof that the judicial system in Israel has no relation to justice.”

The PLO Executive Committee member called for Jarrar’s immediate release, saying: “Israel must not be given a free hand to dehumanize the Palestinian people and systematically devalue their basic rights and lives.”

Responding to the detention raids, the PFLP said, “these attacks will not stop (the PFLP) from continuing its role in resistance to the occupation and confronting the crimes and projects that attempt to liquidate the Palestinian cause.”

The leftist PLO faction said the arrests “only underline the futility” of the Palestinian Authority’s approach to peace negotiations and its security coordination with Israel, and meanwhile affirmed “the correctness of the Front’s position and its continuing struggle to build the resistance.”

The PFLP urged the Palestinian masses to escalate support for political prisoners in Israeli jails, particularly for Jarrar, Saafin, and Muhammad Allan, who has been on hunger strike for 25 days.</s>Israeli forces rearrest Khalida Jarrar, bringing the number of Palestinian lawmakers in Israeli prison to 13.

Palestinian political leaders are outraged over Israel's rearrest of a prominent Palestinian parliamentarian that brings the number of Palestinian lawmakers in Israeli detention to 13.

Khalida Jarrar, a key figure in the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and a deputy at the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), was arrested on Sunday in a predawn raid on her home in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.

The 54-year-old was released in June 2016 after serving 14 months in an Israeli jail.

She was previously charged with security-related offenses connected to her membership in the PFLP - a leftist political party that Israel considers a "terrorist" group along with a majority of Palestinian political factions.

Issa Qaraqe, head of the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners' Affairs, condemned Jarrar's detention, calling it "a violation of international laws and immunity given to elected Parliament members".

Israeli forces have detained at least 70 Palestinian members of parliament since 2002, according to Qaraqe.

Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation's (PLO) executive committee, said in a statement that Jarrar's "political arrest is further proof that the judicial system in Israel has no relation to justice".

She also condemned the detention of Khitam Saafin, the chairwoman of the Union of Palestinian Women's Committee, who was arrested on the same night as Jarrar.

"Israel must not be given a free hand to dehumanise the Palestinian people and systematically devalue their basic rights and lives," Ashrawi wrote.

The PFLP, in response to Jarrar's arrest, said the detentions "only underline the futility" of the Palestinian Authority's approach towards engaging in a hollow "peace process" and security coordination with Israel.

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An Israeli army spokeswoman told AFP that after her release from detention last year, Jarrar "returned to the activity in the PFLP terror organisation," calling her one of its senior leaders in the West Bank.

"She was apprehended for her involvement in the PFLP and not because of her membership in the [Palestinian parliament]," an army spokeswoman said.

Many leaders from the leftist PLO faction are in Israeli prisons and Jarrar has been jailed multiple times.

Jarrar chairs the head of the Palestinian parliament's Prisoners' Commission and is vice chairwoman of the board of directors of Palestinian prisoner-rights group Addameer.

A number of Palestinian politicians are currently detained by Israel.

The most recent Palestinian lawmaker to be detained by Israel was Mohammad Maher Badr, a Hamas-affiliated PLC member, on June 28.

In a statement reported by Bethlehem-based Maan News Agency, Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies chief Riyad al-Ashqar denounced Jarrar's detention and Israel's targetting of Palestinian lawmakers.

Nine of the 13 Palestinian lawmakers in Israeli detention are being held without charge under administrative detention, she said.

"The arrest of Khalida Jarrar constitutes an attack against Palestinian political leaders and Palestinian civil society as a whole," Addameer said in a statement. 



"It also constitutes one arrest in the context of continuous arrest campaigns against Palestinians."

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Israel arrests Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar over allegations of her inciting of violence.