(December 18, 2022 / JNS) Israel on Sunday deported a former Palestinian security prisoner with French citizenship. After Home Minister Ayelet Sheikhd ordered the cancellation of his Israeli residency.
Convicted terrorist Salah Hamouri was now an attorney and field researcher for the Admiral Prisoner Assistance and Human Rights Association, a group associated with the terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
He was previously sentenced to seven years in prison by an Israeli court as part of a plea bargain in exchange for admitting to plotting the murder of former Sephardi chief rabbi Obadiah Joseph. Released by Israel as part of the 2011 Gilad Schalit Prisoner Exchange Agreement with
Born in Kafr Aqab, northeast of Jerusalem, to a French mother and a Palestinian father, Hamri holds French citizenship and his wife and children live in France.
The deportations were carried out by the Ministry of Interior’s Department of Population and Immigration and its Department of Enforcement and Alien Control.
“He has been active in the Popular Front for many years. [for the Liberation of Palestine] According to a terrorist organization, Mako.
“He instigated and planned terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and prominent figures on his own behalf and on behalf of his organization,” the report said. has been in Israeli custody on numerous occasions.
“Today, just in time, the law was brought into force against terrorist Saleh Hamri and he was expelled from Israel,” Sheikhd said in a statement.
“This has been a long process and a huge achievement. Shortly before the end of my term, I was able to use the tools at my disposal to guide his eviction and further the fight against terrorism,” the minister said. Added. “I hope the next government will continue this policy and keep terrorists out of Israel.”