‘Ethnic Cleansing’: Palestinian Groups Slam Deportation of Salah Hamouri
"This move is a continuation of the Israeli policy of ethnic cleansing and forced displacement aimed at expelling the Palestinians and banishing them from their land," said Hamas.
"In light of this arbitrary decision which blatantly violates international norms and conventions, the international community and human rights organisations should take serious measures, condemn this crime and put pressure on the Israeli occupation to backtrack on it," added the resistance group.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said that the expulsion of Hamouri which uproots him from his home city was a political decision. "He was expelled from Jerusalem because he has been calling for the freedom of his fellow Palestinians, as well as calling for an end to the Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes and aggression against Palestinian women and children."
The PFLP also described the move as "ethnic cleansing" as part of the occupation state's efforts to expel the "indigenous residents" from the Holy City. "This is a flagrant violation of international law," it added.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs called for Hamouri to be returned to his home along with his wife and children. "Hamouri's expulsion from Jerusalem highlights the need for the Palestinians to have international protection from these Israeli practices."
The Israeli regime deported Salah Hamouri to France. Earlier in October 2021, Israeli authorities had revoked Hamouri's East al-Quds residency, denying him the right to live in his hometown, which Israel captured in 1967.
He was accused by the regime of being active in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which the human rights campaigner denies having any ties with.
Source: Middle East Monitor
