Israeli court extends detention of Palestinian journalist Lama Ghosheh for fourth time

The Israeli court in Jerusalem on Monday extended for a fourth time the detention of 30-year-old Palestinian journalist Lama Ghosheh for another week. Ghosheh was arrested a week ago from her home in Jerusalem.
 
Ghosheh's lawyer, Nasser Odeh, told The New Arab's sister publication Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, that the Israeli prosecution had informed him of its intention to present charges of "incitement" against Ghosheh for publishing the pictures of Palestinian fighters on her social media accounts.
 
Since her arrest, Israeli authorities repeatedly extended Ghosheh's detention at the request of the Israeli prosecution to present a list of charges.

According to her lawyer, Ghosheh has experienced three interrogation sessions of around ten hours each at the Maskobiyah Interrogation Center in Jerusalem.

"I want my children"

Palestinian journalist Lama Ghosheh appears crying during her trial session in an Israeli court. pic.twitter.com/IMJmcHJBUo

— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) September 12, 2022

 "It seems that Lama will be facing a trial over a concrete accusation rather than an administrative detention without charges," her husband, Yassin Sbeih, told The New Arab.
 
"Despite this, the "incitement" charge is being used by the occupation authorities, just like the administrative detention, as an excuse to arrest anybody for their speech, especially journalists," he said.
 
"Lama had already been called for interrogation over her journalistic work once," he added. "There has always been a tension at home for the risks she takes doing her job."

The family of the Palestinian journalist Lama Ghosheh reveals that their daughter has been subjected to at least three 10-hour-long interrogation sessions and strip searches, adding that Israeli occupation is isolating her at Hasharon detention Center since her detention. pic.twitter.com/bk3kb8l24Y

— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) September 10, 2022

 Ghosheh is a mother of two children, aged three and five. She works as a freelancer for several outlets and is best known for hosting an online-interview program featuring the families and backgrounds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Ghosheh is also enrolled in post-graduate studies at Birzeit University.
 
According to the Palestinian Journalists Union, Israeli forces and settlers committed 479 violations against Palestinian journalists in the first half of 2022.

Israeli occupation forces arrested today journalist and activist Lama Ghosheh from her house in Sheikh Jarrah- Jerusalem
Lama is an activist who has always been organizing in support of Palestinian prisoners and HRD, including Salah
Justice for Lama and all Palestinian prisoners pic.twitter.com/zhwxl8YvSV

— JusticeforSalah (@JusticeforSalah) September 4, 2022

 These include the killing in early June of 31-year-old Ghufran Warasneh in Al-Aroub refugee camp near Hebron, on her first day of work at a local radio, and the killing in May of Aljazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh while covering an Israeli raid in the Jenin refugee camp.

According to the union, Israeli violations include 35 Palestinian journalists with bullet-related injuries, 18 cases of arrest, 24 confiscations of material, 80 cases of beating and 175 cases of journalists not allowed to perform their work.

Currently, 16 Palestinian journalists, including Lama Ghosheh, are in Israeli jails.