Save israa

The Israeli occupation high court denied the appeal of severely wounded Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis on Thursday, 25 January; she had appealed for a reduction of her 11-year sentence due to her inability to perform essential functions behind bars and the lack of adequate medical treatment provided to her, causing her to live with constant pain and suffering.  Jaabis’ case has been highlighted by many activists recently as her intense suffering has come to light. She has burns over 60 percent of her body and eight of her fingers were amputated, in addition to long-lasting scarring and pain in her face and throughout her body.  The Palestinian NGO Network condemned the ruling of the Israeli high court, calling for international organizations to “intervene to provide protection for prisoners in the Israeli prisons in the face of Israeli disregard for human life and the escalation of daily repression…The performance of the play in the court confirms the extent of the distribution of roles between the various security arms of the occupation, whether political or judicial. All of these systems are tools to inflict damage and destruction on the Palestinian people and land, and the false image of the judiciary and the law is nothing but paper to cover the reality of the state that launches daily killings and is an attempt to beautify its image in front of the world. This requires the boycott of the courts, especially in cases that can be exploited by the occupation authority to cover up its crimes against the prisoners. 

Israa ja'abis needs to be set free from these fake crimes that she is bein held for as she reqires extensive surgery and treatment that she so desperately needs. Please click the link provided to hear her full story. Please help to save her