An Israeli military court rules that Palestinian legislator Khalida Jarrar be released on bail, but has ordered her held for at least three more days while the prosecutor decides whether to appeal.
Jarrar, 52, was seized from her West Bank home in predawn army raid on April 2. She has been charged with membership in a small leftist PLO faction banned by Israel and with inciting violence.
Palestinian Parliament member Khalida Jarrar of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) attends a court session at the Israeli Ofer military base near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, May 21, 2015 (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Jarrar tells reporters at the hearing that her detention was meant to silence her, but that “we will continue our struggle until we end this occupation.” Jarrar shuffled in leg shackles into the makeshift courtroom on an army base.
Her defense lawyer says the charges are politically motivated. Jarrar is the only woman among 16 Palestinian legislators currently held by Israel.
— AP
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