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Israel deports Palestinian activist Salah Hammouri to France

Salah Hammouri Israel France Ayelet Shaked Jerusalem HaMoked
Salah Hamouri, a Franco-Palestinian lawyer and field researcher for the Adameer (Conscience) Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, at the group’s offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 1, 2020. © Abbas Momani, AFP

Israel on Sunday deported a Palestinian lawyer and activist to France after claiming he has ties to a banned militant group, drawing a rare condemnation from the French government.

The expulsion of Salah Hammouri underscored the fragile status of Palestinians in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, where most hold revocable residency rights but are not Israeli citizens. It also worsened a brewing diplomatic spat with France, which had repeatedly appealed to Israel not to carry out the expulsion.

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