Khalida Jarrar

Who is Khalida Jarrar?

Khalida Kan'an Muhammad Jarrar is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian Legislative Council.

She was active for a number of years in support of Palestinian prisoners, and she is the director of the Adameer Prisoners' Support and Human Rights Association in Ramallah. In 2005 the Israeli authorities refused to allow her to leave to attend a human rights conference in Ireland.

In the Palestinian legislative election, 2006 she was elected to the PLC as one of the PFLP's three deputies.

In August 2010 she was part of a conference in Ramallah of political forces opposed to the talks with Israel which was broken up by PA security forces. She is the PFLP candidate for mayor of Ramallah.