Khalida Jarrar is a Palestinian socialist, feminist, and activist, and has served as a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council.

October 30, 2026

Khalida Jarrar

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine member and political prisoner Khalida Jarrar is greeted by well-wishers following her release from prison on January 20, 2025, in the occupied West Bank town of Beitunia.

A Palestinian Prisoner on the Nightmare Behind Israeli Bars

Israel imprisoned Khalida Jarrar, a historic leader of the Palestinian left, five times, almost always without charge or trial. She tells Jacobin about how women prisoners copied a library by hand and how Israeli censors never let in Antonio Gramsci.

April 30, 2023

Khalida Jarrar

Palestinian children take part in a protest to show solidarity with prisoners held in Israeli jails

In Israel and Palestine, a New Wave of Repression Meets an Upsurge in Resistance

Tension is mounting as Israeli state repression and settler violence are being matched by an upsurge in Palestinian resistance. Palestinian liberation movement leader Khalida Jarrar says the situation is reaching a breaking point.