“I feel scared when I look at my face in the mirror, so imagine what others must feel when they look at me.” Those are the words of Israa Jaabis, a 33-year-old Palestinian mother from Jerusalem who has been languishing in Hasharon, the only Israeli prison for Palestinian female prisoners. She is accused by Israel of attempted murder after blowing her car up at a checkpoint, a charge she denies. Her burns, she claims, are the result of an explosion in the car following a technical fault. Broken on the inside, physically burned, and in an immense amount of pain, Jaabis said last week, in a letter dictated to her lawyer, that she does not receive adequate medical treatment from the Israeli Prison System (IPS). She suffers from first and third-degree burns on 60 percent of her body, and is dependent on a fellow prisoner to assist her with simple tasks, leaving her feeling “humiliated”. Eight of her fingers were amputated as they had melted to stubs from the burns. She cannot lift her hands up all the way because her underarm skin is stuck together. Her right ear is almost nonexistent and in a constant state of inflammation. And her nose has a gaping hole on one side; she breathes mostly through her mouth. #saveisraa #الحرية_لإسراء_جعابيص #انقذوا_اسراء_جعابيص #blogger #bloggerlife #bloggers #explorepage #positivemindset #PalestineWillBeFree #israelcrimes #israelsoldier #huminity #humman #hummanrights #palestineunderattack #sick #fire https://www.instagram.com/p/CTgy61Es1aX/?utm_medium=tumblr
