Lina al-Jarbouni was released from Israeli custody on Sunday after completing a 15-year-sentence in Israel’s Hasharon prison. She was the longest-serving woman prisoner in Israeli prisons.
Speaking to the Gaza-based radio station Sawt al-Asra (the Voice of Prisoners), al-Jarbouni said that her happiness was “mixed with grief” for the thousands of other Palestinians still imprisoned by Israel, and urged all prisoners, both men and women, to support a mass hunger strike scheduled to start on Monday, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day.
Palestinian female prisoner Lena Jarbouni will be released today after spending 15 years in Israeli occupation jails #FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/w1Y5lUEhvM
— Dr Nessreen (@nzayed07) April 16, 2017
A group of friends and family awaited al-Jarbouni outside of Hasharon for the emotional reunion.
Israel’s laws specifically target Palestinian prisoners
A group of friends and family awaited al-Jarbouni outside of Hasharon for the emotional reunion.
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