Lama Khater (, born 18 April 1976) is a
Palestinian
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journalist and writer who comments on human rights and the Middle East. She has written for many newspapers and websites such as ''
Felestin''.
Khater is a vociferous critic of Israel and the
Palestinian Authority
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's political stances.
Arrest and detainment
Ramallah Authority's intelligence service arrested her husband, Hazem Al-Fakhouri, many times trying to stop her writing. On 24 July 2018, Lama Khater was detained in
Hebron
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by the Israeli army and taken to
Ashkelon
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Prison. On 1 August her lawyer reported she was being questioned for 10 hours a day.
Other reports state that her interrogations involved her being strapped to a chair for 20 hours at a time. On 23 August her detention order was extended 7 days for further interrogation. She was accused of incitement and belonging to a prohibited organisation. She was held for up to a year due to her reporting, described as "inflammatory" by Israeli authorities.
Khater was again detained on October 26, 2023, after the IDF stormed her home in the middle of the night. Her lawyer informed the
Committee to Protect Journalists
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that she had been strip searched and threatened with sexual violence, harm to her children, and deportation to Gaza.
Following her release in the
2023 exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, Khater described explicit threats of rape by Israeli guards and use of tear gas in dormitories at
Damon prison.
Personal life
Khater has five children.
See also
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List of Palestinian women writers
References
External links
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Israeli occupation authorities blocks travel of writer Lama Khatersome of her articles
, The Middle East Monitor.
Media Forum condemns storming writer Lama Khater’s house by occupation
her articles in French
PIC
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her articles in blogs.aljazeera
1976 births
Living people
21st-century Palestinian journalists
21st-century Palestinian women writers
Al-Quds University alumni
Hebron University alumni
Palestinian Muslims
People from Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
21st-century women journalists
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