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Sunday, September 16, 2018
Lawyer says Israel to deport French-US professor arrested at West Bank village
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA lawyer for a French-American university professor who was arrested during a protest at a West Bank Bedouin village set to be razed says she was told by police he’ll be deported from Israel.
“Live thieves in the night, instead of brining Frank Romano to a hearing scheduled at 4:00 p.m. in Jerusalem for my request to release from custody, without informing me or the court the police transferred him to immigration [authorities] to be deported,” Gaby Lasky writes on Twiter.
“Now it is clear why they arrested him under military law — in order to give themselves time to deport [Romano] before he sees a judge,” she adds.
Romano was arrested Friday during scuffles between Israeli forces and demonstrators at Khan Al-Ahmar, whose pending demolition has been condemned by the Palestinians and the European Union.
The Times of Israel Community.