Israel extends travel ban on Jerusalemite activist Halawani

The Israeli occupation authority has extended the travel ban on Jerusalemite activist Hanady Halawani for six more months, her lawyer said last week according to the Palestinian Information Centre. She has been banned from travel for several years.

Halawany’s lawyer said on Thursday that the ban was not only on her travel abroad but also included a ban on contacting Jerusalemite activist Khadija Khuweis.

Khuweis is also banned from communicating with Halawany and with other activists, he added.

In her lifetime, Halawani has been subjected to a series of arrests, punishments and expulsions from Al-Aqsa Mosque. She was released from Israeli jails as part of the sixth batch of prisoners released in the exchange deal in November 2023.

Halawani said that the Israeli police intentionally insulted her and Islam during her arrest from her home in East Jerusalem.

After her release she said: “Every arrest is more difficult than the last, but the latest one was the hardest. It was an illegal arrest. Each time before then, the officer would provide a warrant and ring the bell, but this time was different. The door of the house was blown up without me wearing my hijab and without a search warrant. I was spat on, and God was cursed and insulted.”

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