Ali Abunimah, the executive director of the website Electronic Intifada, was arrested in Zurich, Switzerland, after arriving to speak at a pro-Palestinian demonstration. Swiss authorities deported Abunimah, citing his calls for violence and his association with Hamas.
Swiss authorities have arrested and deported Ali Abunimah , the executive director of the radical anti-Israel website Electronic Intifada , after he arrived in the country to speak at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Zurich. Ali Abunimah , executive director of the anti-Israel site Electronic Intifada , was arrested by Swiss police on Saturday in Zurich, where he was to participate in an event organized by the Palestine Committee Zurich.
“Abunimah and his platform are a mouthpiece for Hamas,” said Thomas Patzko, board member of the organization Never Again Is Now. “On social media, he shares content from the armed wing of Hamas, and he mourns its ‘martyrs.'”He complained that the ceremonial president of Israel, Isaac Herzog, was welcomed in Davos while he, a terror supporter, had been ejected.on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET .
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