Salah Hammouri: Israel deports Palestinian lawyer to France

Israel's interior ministry says it has deported a Palestinian-French human rights lawyer after accusing him of security threats.

Salah Hamouri, 37, was escorted onto a flight to France by police early on Sunday morning, the ministry said.

A lifelong resident of Jerusalem, he was stripped of his residency rights after officials accused him of being a member of a terrorist organisation.

Mr Hamouri denies the charges and rights groups have condemned the move.

But in a statement, the interior ministry said Mr Hamouri had "organised, inspired and planned to commit terror attacks" against "citizens and well-known Israelis". read more