The decision comes as Palestinians gear up to vote in long-overdue legislative elections in May

Khalida Jarrar arrives at Israel’s Ofer military court during a previous stint in prison in 2015 (AFP)
By MEE staff, Middle East Eye, 2 March 2021
An Israeli military court sentenced Palestinian politician Khalida Jarrar to two years in prison on Monday for “inciting violence” and belonging to a “banned organisation”.
Jarrar, a prominent political activist and member of the Marxist-Leninist organisation the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was arrested at her home in Ramallah on 31 October 2019, and has since been in detention.
The court at the Ofer military base northwest of Jerusalem also ordered her to pay a fine of $1,300.
Jarrar, who is also a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Palestine’s suspended parliament, has been arrested numerous times and done several stints in Israeli administrative detention.
In February 2019, she was released from Israel’s Damon prison, outside Haifa, after 20 months in administrative detention without charge.