Israel deports Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri to France over security, interior ministry says

Salah Hamouri, Franco-Palestinian lawyer and field researcher for ADDAMEER on October 1, 2020 [ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images]

Israel deported French-Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri to France on Sunday, accusing him of security offences, the Israeli interior ministry said in a statement reports Reuters. Hamouri, 37, a lifelong Jerusalem resident, was escorted to the airport where he boarded an early morning flight to France with his supporters saying there was no legal recourse for him to take. Israel revoked Hamouri's residency on December 1 on charges that he was active in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, classified by Israel and its Western allies as a terror group. He was previously convicted by Israel of attempting to assassinate Sephardi rabbi Ovadia Yossef, the founder of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, but he has always maintained his […] Source

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