Dáil debates

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Other Questions

Middle East Issues

10:10 am

Photo of Seán CroweSeán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This question is about Ms Khalida Jarrar, a Palestinian Member of Parliament and a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian Legislative Council. She was sentenced to jail for 15 months by an Israeli court on 6 December. She was seized in April during a late-night raid on her home in al-Bireh, a town near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. She was held without charge or trial under a six-month administrative detention order. According to her lawyer, she agreed to a plea deal because she had no faith in the military courts. Is the Minister concerned about her imprisonment? If so, will he raise his concerns with the Israeli authorities?

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