Today, Tuesday, the occupation authorities renewed the administrative detention order for detainee Khalida Jarrar – a human rights and feminist activist, and former member of the Palestinian Legislative Council – for an additional six months. She was arrested on December 26, 2023, and was subjected to an arbitrary administrative detention order for six months, which has since been renewed twice. 

The Israeli Prison Service continues to isolate administrative detainee Khalida Jarrar in solitary confinement at "Nefi Tirtsa" in Ramla Prison, where she has been held for approximately 134 consecutive days. Prior to this, she was detained at Damon Prison throughout her detention period before being suddenly transferred to "Nefi Tirtsa" on August 12, 2024, without any explanation from the prison administration. Today, occupation authorities renewed her isolation order until January 22, 2025. Jarrar is enduring extremely harsh conditions of isolation and detention amidst intensified restrictions and a systematic campaign of abuse carried out by the occupation authorities against prisoners since the beginning of the comprehensive assault and genocide that started on October 7 and continues to this day.

Jarrar is being held in a very small solitary confinement cell, measuring no more than 2×1.5 meters, with barely enough space for a mattress. The cell includes a very small bathroom with a toilet and a shower. There is a significant shortage of personal hygiene supplies and clothing, and she is provided with very limited amounts of water. In addition, the food provided is of extremely poor quality and in very small quantities. It is worth noting that Jarrar suffers from health issues and requires a special healthy diet. Despite this, the prison administration continues its policy of deliberate medical neglect towards prisoners in all prisons and detention centers.

Khalida Jarrar is a former detainee, a prominent human rights and feminist activist, and an academic researcher at Birzeit University. She previously served as a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. Collectively, Jarrar has spent approximately six years in Israeli prisons, under both administrative detention and other charges. During her imprisonment, she tragically lost her daughter and was unable to bid her a final farewell.

Jarrar is one of 90 Palestinian women detainees held by the occupation authorities under harsh detention conditions. Since the escalation of the occupation's campaigns accompanying its aggression against the Palestinian people, there has been a notable increase in the arrest of women. The number of Palestinian women held under administrative detention in the past months has reached 30, of whom 23 remain in detention—a figure that is the highest recorded in years. This arbitrary policy highlights the occupation's intensified use of administrative detention as a tool to suppress Palestinian activists, both men and women.

Addameer considers Jarrar’s detention to be part of the systematic policy practiced by the occupation forces against human rights and civil activists in Palestinian society. This policy aims to continuously target and suppress them to prevent them from fulfilling their role in raising awareness within Palestinian society about its political and civil rights and to stifle their efforts in supporting and backing the Palestinian people's resistance against the occupation.