(MENAFN- QNA) Arab League Thursday condemned Israel for arresting Palestinian Legislative Council and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) member Khalida Jarrar from her home today.
In a statement released today, Assistant Secretary General for Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories in the Arab League Ambassador Mohamed Sabih said, "Arab League strongly condemns Israeli actions against the Palestinian representative."
He urged human rights and civil society groups and world countries to intervene immediately and release Khalida Jarrar and hold accountable those who committed this crime.
Early Thursday morning dozens of Israeli soldiers arrived at Jarrar's home in Ramallah and forcibly entered her residence. They temporarily detained her husband before arresting her, according to a Palestinian media report.
Israeli authorities have earlier targeted Jarrar who is a leading figure within the leftist PFLP. In September 2014 she was issued "special supervision order" that would have forcibly moved her from Ramallah to Jericho.
Jarrar refused the order and protested the deportation order by setting up an encampment in front of Palestinian Legislative Council.
The deportation order was eventually withdrawn after an international campaign in support of Jarrar successfully pressured Israeli authorities to back down.
She is also banned from leaving Palestine by Israeli authorities. Jarrar has served as a representative in the legislative council for the PFLP since being elected to the post in 2006.
She is known for her work defending the human rights of Palestinians and previously worked as the director of Addameer Prisoners' Support and Human Rights Association.
Palestinian solidarity activists claim that Israel's detention of Palestinian legislators is a violation of the Geneva Convention.
Palestine formally joined the International Criminal Court on April 1, 2015 and are seeking to use the court's authority to hold Israel accountable for its alleged war crimes.
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