An Israeli court on Thursday told the Shin Bet internal security agency it had six days to charge a wealthy Canadian-Jordanian businessman or release him from custody, his lawyer says.
Ibrahim Siyyam was detained by the Shin Bet upon trying to return to Jordan from the West Bank with a group of businessmen last month.
Avi Baram, who is representing Siyyam, tells AFP he is being held over alleged ties to Hamas — claims his client denies.
“The Israeli security services are accusing him of donating money to Hamas in Yarmouk refugee camp but he denies it,” Baram says, referring to a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus.
The camp has been rocked by deadly fighting between Islamic State group jihadists and Palestinian militants, including Aknaf Beit al-Maqdis group which is said to be backed by Hamas.
According to Baram, Siyyam — who is of Palestinian origin but left the West Bank decades ago, taking up citizenship in Canada and Jordan — had arrived in West Bank city Ramallah on May 1 for a conference.
— AFP
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