Israeli authorities forcibly deported Palestinian lawyer, human rights defender, and father of two, Salah Hammouri, after he submitted a case to the International Criminal Court urging them to investigate Israel for war crimes in May.
“It neither stops nor deters us from our pursuit of resistance,” Hammouri stated in defiance. “There is no power on earth which can uproot Palestine and the Palestinian people from our minds and our existence.”the deportation on Sunday. The ministry said in a statement that it had “taken full action, including at the highest level of the State, to ensure that Mr.
Flown from Ben Gurion Airport, Hammouri arrived in Paris at approximately 10:00 a.m., where he was greeted by his family, supporters, and reporters. Separated from his wife and children, Hammouri has been held in Israeli prisons since March, where he faced anti-Palestinian discrimination and mistreatment.in July. “It is a place which resembles nowhere else in the world. It pulverizes us and flattens our dreams, aspirations, and hopes like the mashing down of an olive on the olive press.
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