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Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Israel says French-Palestinian lawyer operated a terror network in Jerusalem from overseas
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The Shin Bet and Israel Police say they have uncovered a terror network in East Jerusalem operated from overseas by the French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri.
Hamouri, whose Jerusalem residency the government revoked five years ago over his ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror group, allegedly recruited five Palestinians from the city to “promote militant terror activity within Israel.”
Two of the five suspects, brothers Yazid and Said Dadu, were charged today with active membership in a terrorist organization, conspiracy to commit a crime and conspiracy to commit a terrorist act.
Hamouri spent years in prison after being convicted in a PFLP-linked plot to assassinate former Sephardi chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef in 2005. Israel maintains that even after he was freed in a 2011 hostage-prisoner swap with Hamas, Hamouri continued to be active in the banned group.
“Hamouri exploits his origins and ties to Israeli territory to recruit local terror operatives, while simultaneously conducting open activity related to the Palestinian issue,” say the Shin Bet and police. “The terror activity he advances is conducted in a covert manner in parallel, under the guise of legitimate activism.”
Hamouri allegedly met with members of the cell in various locations throughout Europe from 2024 to 2025 and equipped them with encrypted mobile phones with the aim of carrying out attacks in Israel.
The five suspects in the alleged network were arrested in November and December last year.
The Times of Israel Community.