Israel extends administrative detention of Franco-Palestinian Salah Hamouri

Salah Hamouri is 37 years old, he spent 9 years in Israeli prisons.

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This Franco-Palestinian human rights activist has been in prison since last March and must remain there at least until next December.

Neither he nor his lawyers know the charges against him.

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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,

Without trial or charge, the detention of Salah Hamouri in Israel is based on a classified file.

“

”, confides a French diplomatic source.

This year, Paris has already asked for his release "

," said the Quai d'Orsay.

Salah Hamouri

, 37, is considered by the Israeli authorities to be a member of the PFLP.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is an organization classified as "terrorist" by the Jewish State and the European Union.

#Israel 🇮🇱 #Palestine 🇵🇸 |

ACAT-France deeply regrets the recent decision by the Israeli authorities to keep our compatriot @salah_hamouri in administrative detention.

Our support remains unwavering.

One watchword: #LibérezSalah!

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– ACAT-France (@ACAT_France) September 5, 2022

A controversial measure

This human rights activist, defender of the Palestinian cause, was previously imprisoned between 2005 and 2011 in Israel for participating in the attempted assassination of an Israeli religious and political leader.

Administrative detention, a controversial measure, allows the Jewish state's military justice system to incarcerate suspects without formal charges.

Its maximum duration is six months.

But it is

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