After being detained five times – four without even being brought to trial – veteran Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar was released from Israeli prison in the first stage of the hostage deal. Jarrar too was a hostage; she was forcibly snatched from her home and imprisoned without any charges
A pair of images posted together on social media this week told the whole story: One was of the release of now-former prisoner Khalida Jarrar, on the outskirts of Ramallah, early Monday morning; the other was of the three female Israeli hostages who had been freed in the Gaza Strip the previous evening.