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France/Israel/Palestine: L’ordre d’expulsion à vie de Jérusalem de Salah Hamouri confirmé

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18/10/21

L’ordre d’expulsion à vie de Jérusalem de Salah Hamouri confirmé

Le ministère israélien de l’Intérieur a annoncé ce lundi 18 octobre la révocation du statut de résident permanent de l’avocat franco-palestinien Salah Hamouri.

Salah Hamouri, avocat franco-palestinien de 36 ans, est né à Jérusalem. Il a toujours vécu en Palestine, c’est son pays et pourtant, aujourd’hui, il risque à tout moment d’être expulsé à vie de sa terre natale.

Jeudi 3 septembre 2020, Salah Hamouri avait été convoqué au centre d’interrogatoire de Moskobiyeh, à Jérusalem. Là-bas, lui avait été remise une lettre du ministre de l’Intérieur israélien. Ce dernier souhaitait retirer purement et simplement la carte de résidence permanente de Salah Hamouri, seul papier officiel lui permettant de vivre, chez lui, à Jérusalem.

“Les actions de Salah Hamouri constituent une violation grave de l’essentiel de son engagement en tant que résident israélien, et un abus de confiance vis-à-vis de l’Etat d’Israël”, avait indiqué Mme Shaked dans un communiqué pour justifier sa décision.

Salah Hamouri avait décidé ensuite de faire appel contre cette décision. Son appel a donc été rejeté ce lundi. Depuis plus de 15 ans maintenant, les autorités israéliennes tentent de briser Salah Hamouri parce qu’il s’oppose à l’Occupation et la colonisation israélienne de la Palestine.

Palestinien par son père, Français par sa mère, (Denise Hamouri est originaire de Bourg en Bresse), Salah Hamouri a grandi à Jérusalem. Il a été incarcéré à plusieurs reprises. En 2005, à 19 ans, alors étudiant en sociologie à Bethléem, il est accusé à tort, soupçonné d’avoir projeté l’assassinat d’un rabbin. Sur la recommandation de son avocate, il plaide coupable, pour éviter une peine de 14 ans de prison. Il sera condamné à une peine de 7 ans.

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L’ordre d’expulsion à vie de Jérusalem de Salah Hamouri confirmé

https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1278383/israel-revoque-le-statut-de-resident-du-militant-franco-palestinien-salah-hamouri.html

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/fil-dactualites/181021/israel-revoque-le-statut-de-resident-du-militant-franco-palestinien-salah-hamouri

https://www.france-palestine.org/L-ordre-d-expulsion-de-Salah-Hamouri-confirme

L’ordre d’expulsion de Salah Hamouri confirmé : mobilisons-nous !

Israel retire à Salah Hamouri son titre de résident à Jérusalem !

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/tamara-nassar/israel-exile-palestinian-french-human-rights-lawyer (ENGLISH)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salah_Hamouri

🚨Urgence : l’ordre d’expulsion de Salah Hamouri a été confirmé aujourd’hui par le ministre de la justice et le procureur général d’Israël !

C’est une nouvelle étape de franchie par Israël vers l’expulsion de #SalahHamouri de sa terre natale. pic.twitter.com/HDyr4Qf82x
— Liberté pour Salah (@LiberezSalah) October 18, 2021

Ce 18 octobre, #SalahHamouri, franco-palestinien, avocat & ancien prisonnier, a été informé de la décision du ministre israélien de l'Intérieur de révoquer sa résidence permanente pour "manquement à l'allégeance"@ElsaLefort, sa femme invitée ce mardi du #LGF sur #FranceMaghreb2 pic.twitter.com/87MNeuvKhM
— FRANCE MAGHREB 2 (@FMAGHREB2) October 18, 2021

El Ministerio del Interior israelí revocó hoy el estatus de residencia del defensor de DDHH franco-palestino de Jerusalén, Salah Hamouri, por "incumplimiento de lealtad". La ley internacional prohíbe a los ocupantes forzar la lealtad de los ocupados. https://t.co/200fAhxuUj
— Rafael Araya Masry (@arayamas) October 18, 2021

Souvenez-vous @francediplo
Nos services "sont pleinement mobilisés pour que Salah Hamouri puisse faire valoir l’ensemble de ses droits et qu’il puisse mener une vie normale à Jérusalem, où il réside."
Que vaut la diplomatie française ?#SalahHamouri https://t.co/p9dIHrqPsf
— Louisetre (@Louisetre) October 18, 2021

Israel/Palestine/France: Arrests of Palestinian rights defenders part of ‘wider crackdown’

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11/08/21

The Palestinian Flag in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, expressed concern over arrests, harassment, criminalization and threats targeting these individuals.

“Arrests and raids on the homes of Palestinian human right defenders form part of a wider crackdown against those defending the human rights of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” she said.

Arrests, forcible transfers

Ms. Lawlor was alarmed by the arbitrary arrest and detention of Farid Al-Atrash, a human rights defender and lawyer at the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR).

Mr. Al-Atrash was detained by Israeli military forces after peacefully participating in a demonstration in Bethlehem on 15 June and released on bail eight days later.

The rights expert also voiced concern over the forcible transfer of Palestinians living in the Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan neighbourhoods in Jerusalem.

“Muna Al-Kurd, Mohammed Al-Kurd and Zuhair Al Rajabi, human rights defenders at the forefront of protecting their communities against forced displacement, have been arrested and interrogated,” she said.

Another activist, Salah Hammouri, a Palestinian-French human rights defender and lawyer, is also at risk of having his permanent residency permit in Jerusalem revoked.

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https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/08/1097602

https://www.ohchr.org/SP/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=27375&LangID=E

https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/israel-must-safeguard-human-rights-defenders-occupied

https://www.friendsofhebron.com/free_farid?recruiter_id=1328 (SIGN THE PETITION!)

https://news.un.org/fr/story/2021/08/1101512 (FRANCAIS)

https://cnpjdpi.org/Salah-Hamouri-Lettre-au-Ministre-de-de-l-Europe-et-des-Affaires-Etrangeres.html

#Israel must protect all Palestinian human rights defenders within its borders and in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – UN expert @MaryLawlorhrds says, calling for the immediate release of 3 #HumanRightsDefenders.

Learn more: https://t.co/4T5393lk7e pic.twitter.com/FFliDjMnjV
— UN Special Procedures (@UN_SPExperts) August 11, 2021

Sign the petition: Free Farid Al-Atrash https://t.co/xQKsY8uyFK
— deepfriedmarsbars (@rijayusufzay) July 24, 2021

Free Farid Al-Atrash, he is one of the main campaigners calling for accountability for the killing of Nizar Banat, who died in PA custody last month. Join our urgent call to the U.S. State Department calling on them to ask Israel for Farid's release. https://t.co/t6mhObAMjl pic.twitter.com/aQSVkh8Gsx
— Mirna Miranda (@MirandaMirna) July 20, 2021

Where-ever you live please sign petition to U.S. State Dept for them to demand Israel drop charges against human rights lawyer Farid Al-Atrash (detained after Nizar Banat killing protest- against Palestinian Authorities). https://t.co/Jk6Fmid2B2
— kpalestinenetwork#AntiApartheid/BDSgalway (@kpalestinenetw1) July 20, 2021

Al Haq envoie un appel urgent au sujet de l'arrestation arbitraire du défenseur des Droits de l'Homme Farid al-Atrash | https://t.co/XY3MdYJCnI pic.twitter.com/vOfr7FVRZP
— LeMondeJuifVuPar… (@lemonde_coil) July 15, 2021

The Ofer Military Court held a new trial session for the lawyer of the independent commission, Farid Al-Atrash, from occupied Bethlehem .#Act4Palestine pic.twitter.com/D5pZhpApAt
— Chris Hutchinson (@ChrisHu34451470) July 13, 2021

The Israeli military has released Palestinian human rights lawyer Farid al-Atrash on bail. More updates will follow about his impending trial in military court for peacefully participating in a protest. #FreeFarid pic.twitter.com/gk3rTypQQC
— Youth Against Settlements (@YASHebron) July 13, 2021

#Israël @CCBEinfo dénonce le harcèlement judiciaire de l'avocat Salah Hamouri https://t.co/bf5x6vYWsg
— Patrick Henry (@patrhenry) August 4, 2021

⭕ Situation de Salah Hamouri ⭕

➡ Il demande au gouvernement les avancées que ce dernier a obtenues dans cette affaire et les mesures prises pour garantir et faire respecter les droits du citoyen Salah Hamouri à vivre et à continuer ses activités librement à Jérusalem. pic.twitter.com/M3ovmtrnWh
— Fabien Gay (@fabien_gay) July 21, 2021

🔊 #Podcast Le Quai d’Orsay « pleinement mobilisé» pour Salah Hamouri. La ministre israélienne de l’Intérieur dit vouloir la révocation de son statut de résident permanent à Jérusalem. Le directeur @humanite_fr @PatrickLeHyaric ds le 17h30 @radioorient 🎧 https://t.co/SXJCCrJmmu pic.twitter.com/41yTRUhVLg
— radioorient (@radioorient) July 19, 2021

Pegasus project: spyware leak suggests lawyers and activists at risk across globe

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19/07/21

Rodney Dixon, a lawyer who has taken on human rights cases was selected for targeting in 2019

Leaked records show dissidents and those who help them prominent among those under threat from NSO spyware

A leak of phone data suggests human rights lawyers, activists and dissidents across the globe were selected as possible candidates for invasive surveillance through their phones.

Their mobile phone numbers appeared in leaked records, indicating they were selected prior to possible surveillance targeting by governmental clients of the Israeli company NSO Group, which developed the Pegasus spyware.

The records were obtained by the nonprofit organisation Forbidden Stories and shared with a consortium of media outlets including the Guardian.

NSO has repeatedly said Pegasus, which can access all data on a target’s device as well as turn it into an audio or video recorder, is meant for use only against terrorists and serious criminals.

The selection of activists, dissidents and journalists by NSO clients paints a very different picture, though one that campaigners will say was grimly predictable given the tool has been sold to some of the world’s most repressive regimes.

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The lawyers at risk from surveillance

Lawyers also feature heavily in the leaked data.

Rodney Dixon, a prominent London-based lawyer, who has taken on numerous high-profile human rights cases, was selected for targeting in 2019. Forensic analysis of his device showed Pegasus-related activity but no successful infection.

His clients have included Matthew Hedges, a British doctoral student jailed in the UAE, and Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. She was also targeted with Pegasus, with forensics showing evidence of a successful infection.

Dixon said: “No one should be targeted in this fashion. For lawyers it is particularly concerning as it violates the fundamental principles of lawyer-client privilege and confidentiality, which are central to fair and just legal proceedings.”

Forensic analysis on the phone of the French human rights lawyer Joseph Breham shows it was compromised multiple times with Pegasus in 2019, and the leaked records suggest he had previously been selected for potential targeting by Morocco.

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https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/jul/19/spyware-leak-suggests-lawyers-and-activists-at-risk-across-globe

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57881364

https://www.thequint.com/news/india/pegasus-activists-journos-lawyers-accused-in-elgar-parishad-case-also-tagged

https://www.theguardian.com/news/video/2021/jul/19/pegasus-the-spyware-technology-that-threatens-democracy-video

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1896746/world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)

https://www.lemonde.fr/projet-pegasus/article/2021/07/18/projet-pegasus-revelations-sur-un-systeme-mondial-d-espionnage-de-telephones_6088652_6088648.html (FRANCAIS)

https://www.lemonde.fr/projet-pegasus/article/2021/07/19/projet-pegasus-comment-la-societe-israelienne-nso-group-a-revolutionne-l-espionnage_6088692_6088648.html

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/proche-orient/disparition-d-un-journaliste-saoudien/enquete-le-projet-pegasus-un-logiciel-espion-utilise-par-des-etats-pour-cibler-des-politiques-des-journalistes-des-avocats-y-compris-des-francais_4707199.html

Israel/Palestine/France: Jérusalem. Israël s’en prend encore à Salah Hamouri

Sem categoria 06/07/2021 Leave a comment

05/07/21

La ministre de l’Intérieur veut la révocation du statut de résident permanent à Jérusalem de l’avocat franco-palestinien.

Le nouveau gouvernement israélien prolonge la politique menée par Benyamin Netanyahou. Particulièrement s’agissant de l’occupation des territoires palestiniens. Depuis plusieurs jours maintenant, les colons se déchaînent. Un jeune Palestinien a été tué non loin de Naplouse.

Les détentions administratives se multiplient
De son côté, la ministre de l’Intérieur, Ayelet Shaked, membre de l’extrême droite israélienne, déjà ministre dans l’équipe précédente, poursuit sur sa lancée. Les détentions administratives se multiplient. Ghazanfar Abou Atwan, 28 ans, est en grève de la faim depuis maintenant 62 jours pour protester contre son incarcération arbitraire. Sa santé est en train de se dégrader.

C’est dans une telle situation que Ayelet Shaked vient d’annoncer qu’elle approuvait la révocation du statut de résident permanent de Jérusalem de Salah Hamouri, avocat franco-palestinien, né et vivant à Jérusalem. Une information publiée, ce lundi, sur la version anglaise du site Israel Hayom.

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https://www.humanite.fr/jerusalem-israel-sen-prend-encore-salah-hamouri-713396

Palestine : Procédure d’expulsion contre Salah Hamouri !

https://www.addameer.org/news/4440

https://samidoun.net/2021/07/take-action-ayelet-shaked-aims-to-exile-french-palestinian-lawyer-salah-hamouri-from-jerusalem/

(ENGLISH)

https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3062976/israeli-authorities-arrest-palestinian-rights-lawyer-who-protested-abbas

Samidoun Network (@SamidounPP) | Twitter

Acharnement contre Salah Hamouri. Révocation du titre de résidence signée par la ministre de l’int. La France doit agir avec détermination pr stopper la décision & garantir les droit de notre concitoyen. @EmmanuelMacron @JY_LeDrian il faut faire annuler la décision @AFPSOfficiel pic.twitter.com/4IZ83RKt7D
— france-palestine.org (@AFPSOfficiel) July 5, 2021

Take action: Ayelet Shaked aims to exile French-Palestinian lawyer #SalahHamouri from Jerusalem – https://t.co/miB1qP2xg6 on @SamidounPP #Palestine #SalahBelongsInJerusalem pic.twitter.com/OXZsJXTJRS
— al whit (@soitiz) July 5, 2021

⚠️La ministre de l’Intérieur israélienne a annoncé sur les réseaux sociaux avoir signé la révocation du titre de résidence à Jérusalem de Salah Hamouri.#salahhamouri #salahbelongsinJerusalem #Jerusalem pic.twitter.com/pljiqWffys
— Liberté pour Salah (@LiberezSalah) July 5, 2021

Israel: Army Abducts A Palestinian Lawyer Near Bethlehem

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04/07/21

Israeli soldiers abducted Sunday, a Palestinian lawyer, the head of the southern West Bank office of the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) after stopping him at the Container roadblock, northeast of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank.

The Commission said the soldiers abducted Farid al-Atrash, from Bethlehem, while he was heading back home from Ramallah.

The Commission denounced al-Atrash’s abduction and added that the lawyer suffered a health setback during his abduction before the army moved him to Hadassah Medical center in Jerusalem.

It is worth mentioning that al-Atrash is known for his work for justice and human rights, and in countering violations against the rights of the Palestinian people whether they are committed by Israel, the Palestinian Authority, or any other party.

An essential part of the Commission’s work is defending the rights of children, women, and persons with disabilities.

Army Abducts A Palestinian Lawyer Near Bethlehem

http://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/125274

A Palestinian lawyer was transferred to an Israeli hospital

Israel/Palestine: Occupation forces detain 11 Palestinians, including two lawyers, in West Bank

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10/01/21

Occupation forces detain 11 Palestinians, including two lawyers, in West Bank

At least 11 Palestinians were arrested last night and today by Israeli occupation forces during raids carried out in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, according to local sources.

In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli police detained five Palestinians after beating them up in the Al-Rababa Quarter in the neighborhood of Silwan. The five were attempting to prevent Israeli bulldozers from razing their land in the neighborhood.

Israeli occupation police also detained another Palestinian young man in the neighborhood of Al-Issawiya in occupied Jerusalem.

Meanwhile in Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank, Israeli occupation army detained a lawyer, identified as Suheil Ashour, and his son, Fahad, who also works as a lawyer, after raiding their home in the neighborhood of Jabal Johar.

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https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/122790

11 Palestinians arrested by IOF in occupied West Bank

11 Palestinians arrested by IOF during raids carried out in West Bank https://t.co/sGeCPQ4Bd2
— Joe Catron (@jncatron) January 10, 2021

Argentina/Iran/Israel: Justin Webster Sheds Light on the Alberto Nisman Case in New Documentary Series

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September 23, 2019

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On Jan. 14, 2015 prosecutor Alberto Nisman went on TV to accuse Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of negotiating the impunity of Iranians accused of the Buenos Aires’ 1994 AMIA bombing, the biggest terrorist attack in the Western hemisphere before 9/11.

“There was an alliance with terrorists, negotiation with a state that bought the terrorists and the terrorists themselves,” said a dapper Nisman, in the interview which appears in the early stretch of Justin Webster’s deeply-caring, meticulous “The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy,” a six-hour doc series which world premiered Monday at Spain’s San Sebastian Film Festival.

Four days later, and on the eve of testifying in court, where he promised decisive proof of the collusion, Nisman was found dead in his bathroom with a single shot to the head. His death reverberated around the world.

Immediately, Kirchner is accused of ordering Nisman’s murder. She denounces the man described in “The Prosecutor” as Argentina’s Rasputin, the fearsome Antonio Horacio “Jaime” Stiuso, a spy with close links to the CIA and Mossad, of conspiring against her.

Produced by Barcelona’s Justin Webster Productions and Fasten Films, Berlin’s Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion and backed by Movistar+, ZDFinfo and DR, “The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy” is “a story of ambition, corruption and espionage which unfolds, with rival narratives of good and evil, of suicide or murder, and of truth itself, around a body found in a bathroom, with enormous international resonance,” its makers say.

“The Prosecutor” will be “an earthquake” in Argentina, predicts San Sebastian Festival director José Luis Rebordinos.

It is also Webster’s most original and most ambitious series to date – building on “Death in Leon,” the Emmy-winning “Six Dreams” and HBO España’s “The Pioneer” – marking the full emergence of an auteur and the creative and industrial potential of a form of story-telling with which he admits he’s obsessed: Cinematic non-fiction series.

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Justin Webster Sheds Light on the Alberto Nisman Case in New Documentary Series

Senate committee commemorates 25th anniversary of Jewish center bombing in Argentina

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Nisman

https://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/tv/caso-alberto-nisman-muerte-llego-festival-san-sebastian-serie-fiscal-presidenta-espia_0_bNSwCcNJ.html (ESPANOL)

https://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/internacionales/501930-atentados-argentina-iran-impunidad/ (ESPANOL)

https://www.losandes.com.ar/article/view?slug=el-senado-no-quiere-tratar-el-pedido-de-desafuero-a-cristina (ESPANOL)

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Nisman (FRANCAIS)

UK/Israel/Palestine: No penalty for lawyer who tried to ‘demoralise’ pro-Israel group

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August 26, 2019

<strong>JAMES GLOSSOP/THE TIMES</strong>Aamer Anwar accused Glasgow Friends of Israel of ârank hypocrisyâ for attending an anti-racism rally

A leading human rights lawyer who urged protesters at an anti-racism march to “demoralise” campaigners from a Israeli lobby group with a sea of Palestinian flags will not face punishment.

Aamer Anwar has escaped discipline for accusing the Confederation of Friends of Israel of “rank hypocrisy”. He urged demonstrators at a Stand Up to Racism march last year to confront members of the group, whom he accused of “denying the right of a people to their own state”.

Sammy Stein, chairman of Glasgow Friends of Israel, said the group attended “to show our abhorrence of racism in all its forms”. Mr Anwar’s comments were, he said, “unfair, untrue and based on total ignorance of our position, which is to advocate for peace for both the

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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/no-penalty-for-lawyer-who-tried-to-demoralise-pro-israel-group-x8k2xjjhk

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35954510

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/human-rights-lawyer-aamer-anwar-talks-about-the-death-threats-he-s-faced-1-4943753

https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/17826238.human-rights-lawyer-aamer-anwar-community-worker-lilias-graham-greatest-glaswegian/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aamer_Anwar

Israel/Palestine: Israel sentences prisoners’ lawyer to 13 years behind bars

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July 31, 2019

Tariq Barghouth, a prominent lawyer known for defending Palestinian prisoners held by Israel [Stand with Gaza/Twitter]

An Israeli court sentenced the lawyer of the PLO’s Prisoners’ Committee to 13 years, six months in prison on Tuesday, Quds Press has reported. Tariq Barghouth was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces on 27 February this year before undergoing harsh interrogation.

To put pressure on him in order to give what are said to be false confessions, the Israelis also arrested his wife and sister. The two women were released later.

Barghouth is one of the most prominent lawyers known for defending Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. He is currently in Nafha Prison in the south of Israel.

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Israel sentences prisoners’ lawyer to 13 years behind bars

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-court-jails-prisoners-lawyer-for-13-years/1545025

Israeli military court tortures and sentences Palestinian lawyer to over 13 years in jail

http://www.tellerreport.com/news/–israeli-raids-on-gaza-and-arrests-in-the-west-bank-and-jerusalem-.SkKwgrr8V.html

IOF kidnapped Lawyer Tareq Barghouth In Jerusalem

Argentina/Iran/Israel: Latin American Jews still don’t have justice 25 years after the AMIA massacre

Sem categoria 16/07/2019 Leave a comment

July 15, 2019

AMIA

In any crime against a community, certain things must happen to provide some measure of healing and redemption.

But as we approach the 25th anniversary of the horrific bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, these necessary steps have not taken place.

Despite years of activity and rhetoric, justice has not been achieved for the victims, their families and Latin American Jewry — 85 people were killed and 300 injured. Argentines have not been brought together in solidarity with the Jewish community, and the government has not instilled a measure of confidence that such a devastating event will be prevented from ever happening again.

Because of this reality, a feeling exists all these years later that the terror is being relived constantly rather than being put behind them.

Early on, it became clear that Iran, through its terrorist proxy Hezbollah, was responsible for the bombing. Hezbollah had been active in the anarchic border among Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil known as the Triple Frontier.

Interpol made clear that it suspected high-level officials in the Iranian regime as being the masterminds of the plot. In 2007, red alerts were issued for former Foreign Minister Ahmad Vahidi and other Iranian officials. Disappointingly, Interpol did not issue similar alerts for former officials such as Ali Rafsanjani, Ali Akbar Velayati and Hadi Soleimanpour, the ex-ambassador to Argentina.

Meanwhile, different Argentine governments and judiciaries mismanaged or politicized the matter and never truly followed up to bring those responsible to justice.

The investigation reached a low during the presidency of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner between 2007 and 2013. A special prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, was appointed and, according to reports, he allegedly found Kirchner and other members of her government guilty of complicity with the Iranians to cover up the Iranian role in the bombing. The day before Nisman was scheduled to issue his findings, he was found dead in his apartment.

Kircher’s government quickly claimed it was a suicide, but it soon became apparent that Nisman had been murdered.

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