Journalist to remain under house arrest after Israeli court once again postpones hearing

The Israeli District Court postponed the hearing of Palestinian journalist Lama Ghosheh, 30, who was arrested at her family home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem on September 4, 2022, for her writing on social media. The hearing was postponed until July 11 while keeping the same restrictions imposed on her in place, including being placed on house arrest and banned from the use of social media. Ghosheh, a mother of two young girls, five and two years old, who works for Al-Qastal news network, was arrested at her family home in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem on September 4 for her writing on social media, mainly her interviews with former Palestinian prisoners and publishing the interviews on social media and also for her writing against attempts by extremist Israeli settlers to take over Palestinian homes in her neighborhood. Her phone and computer were also seized. Her detention was extended several times until she was released on September 13 on the condition that she will not use social media and be kept under house arrest, along with a bail of $15,000, until her next court hearing, which has been postponed continuously since then.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA