Horrific Story of a Palestinian female Journalist, Imprisoned in Israel for over 100 days
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"A female soldier pulled my hair, banged my head against the wall, and ordered me to kiss the Israeli flag. When I refused, she kicked me." |
Her lawyer, Hassan Abadi, who recently met her in Damon Prison, explains that what Farah said was not merely a legal statement, but a personal account of the severe torture she suffered.
In the letter sent through her lawyer, Farah writes: “I have endured horrific things. They arrested me in the middle of the night—with dozens of soldiers, two female recruits, several jeeps, and police vehicles. I never imagined I would be targeted. They took me to Karmeh Tzur, tied me to a chair, where dirty water was dripping on me from a pipe.”
She further writes, “Female soldiers tied white plastic ropes around my hands so tightly that my veins swelled. An officer later cut them off with pliers. Dogs were tearing at my pant.
Then they put me in solitary confinement—a room with only electrical boxes. They pretended they didn't know I was a journalist.
They forced me to unlock my phone… I always work with complete transparency.”
Farah describes being taken to the Russian Compound: “It was like a horror movie. They shoved me inside in handcuffs, leg shackles, and a heavy chain around my shoulders. Nahshon officers beat me.
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A female soldier pulled my hair, banged my head against the wall, and ordered me to kiss the Israeli flag, When I refused, she kicked me. I was sick.”
In a trembling voice, she continues, “In Ramla, they put me in an empty room and turned off the lights. I started screaming. Then they put me in an underground cell—infested with cockroaches, worms, and bedbugs. I cried all night. Cockroaches crawled all over my face and body. The scars are still there.”
She says she was taken back to the Russian Compound, fainted several times due to the cold, and the transport conditions were “extremely harsh and terrifying.” After 55 days, she was transferred to Damon Prison.
Disappointed with her fellow journalists, she says: “I felt hurt by my fellow journalists. They didn’t press for my release or speak out. I was arrested for my work. I want every free journalist to hear my voice.”
Of her family, especially her mother, she writes: "Mom, I miss you so much...I tell the girls about the ma'amoul you made. My fondest memories are the poems you used to write for me—the ones I used to read on the radio."
