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Salah Hamouri arrives in Paris after he was deported from Israel, on December 18, 2022. (Daphné BENOIT / AFP)

December 19, 2022, 7:59 pm

‘A war crime’: UN pans Israeli expulsion of Palestinian lawyer said linked to terror

UN human rights office says ‘deporting a protected person from occupied territory is a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention,’ warns of move’s chilling effect

By AFP and Agencies

Salah Hamouri (R) arrives in Paris after he was deported from Israel, on December 18, 2022 (Daphné BENOIT / AFP)

December 18, 2022, 2:04 pm

France slams Israel for deporting Palestinian over alleged terror: ‘Against the law’

French Foreign Ministry says Israel can’t expel an individual from ‘occupied’ East Jerusalem, says Paris has ‘fully mobilized’ to ensure Salah Hamouri can reside in the city

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Franco-Palestinian lawyer and Adameer field researcher Salah Hamouri at the NGO's offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 1, 2020. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

December 18, 2022, 8:06 am

Israel deports Palestinian lawyer allegedly involved in terror activities to France

Officials say Salah Hamouri, who spent 7 years in prison for plot to assassinate former chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef, is still active in PFLP terror group; he denies accusations

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

Salah Hamouri is greeted after arriving at his home in Jerusalem following his released from Israeli prison in a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas, Dec. 18 2011. (Sliman Khader/FLASH90)

December 2, 2022, 8:07 am

Israel says Palestinian who plotted to kill top rabbi to be deported for new actions

Officials say Salah Hammouri, who spent seven years in prison after being convicted in plan to assassinate Ovadia Yosef, has returned to activities tied to terrorism

By AP and ToI Staff

December 1, 2022, 8:27 pm

Israel strips Jerusalem residency of alleged PFLP lawyer, plans to deport him

Salah Hamouri, a lifelong Jerusalem resident, to be sent to France where he holds citizenship, Shaked announces, accusing Adameer attorney of terror activities

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Members of Lev Tahor prepare to depart their compound in eastern Sarajevo, February 3, 2022. (Courtesy/Davorin Sekulic/Klix.ba)

September 27, 2022, 1:33 pm

Mexican authorities raid Lev Tahor cult compound, detain 26 members

Some members face serious sex charges and could get up to 20 years in prison if found guilty by a Mexican court; 3-year-old boy returned to father in Israel who previously escaped

By Tobias Siegal

People walk on the road near Kibumba, north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, as they flee fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels in North Kivu, May 24, 2022. Congolese authorities have accused Rwandan forces of supporting armed groups in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where dozens of such groups are active. Rwanda has described allegations of supporting rebels in Congo as baseless. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

September 12, 2022, 10:09 am

Court lifts protection for Congolese refugees, but slams Shaked’s ‘flawed’ decision

Community had been protected for 20 years; state pledges to check each case before deportation, won’t repatriate minors and their families to ‘volatile’ nation

By Sue Surkes and Omer Sharvit

Daniel Cruz (left) and Kfir Tsafrir on an episode of "Hakochav Haba" on Keshet 12, August 22, 2022. (Courtesy Keshet)

August 24, 2022, 2:17 pm

Israeli immigration policy takes center stage on reality TV singing contest

Contestant on ‘Rising Star’ highlights plight of his friend, born in Israel to Filipino parents and facing deportation, and reignites longtime debate

By Amy Spiro

Illustrative: In this photo from November 20, 2014, an Iranian Jewish man prays at the Molla Agha Baba Synagogue, in the city of Yazd 420 miles (676 kilometers) south of capital Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

July 1, 2022, 2:06 pm

‘She’s in real danger’: Jew who escaped Iran pleads with Israel to let his wife in

Woman is in immediate danger of deportation from Turkey to Iran, with Israel-based family fearing for her life; ‘This is clearly a humanitarian case,’ says attorney

By ToI Staff

A woman waves a Ukrainian national flag during a protest against Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, in Israel's Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv, March 12, 2022. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

March 14, 2022, 10:32 pm

Ukrainian woman to stay in Israel, judge rules, citing ‘human compassion’

Refugee, who was denied asylum in the past, describes her perilous journey from Kyiv to Israel

By Tobias Siegal

Defending men's champion Serbia's Novak Djokovic practices at the Rod Laver Arena ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, January 12, 2022. (Mark Baker/AP)

January 16, 2022, 1:00 pm

Tennis star Djokovic set to be deported from Australia after losing appeal

Unvaccinated Serbian ‘disappointed’ by ruling, but will leave Australia after federal court unanimously upholds immigration minister’s right to cancel his visa ahead of Open

By JOHN PYE

Members of the Hebrew Israelites Community of Dimona dance during festivities marking the Shavuot festival in the southern Israeli town of Dimona, May 26, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

September 12, 2021, 9:18 pm

51 members of Hebrew Israelites Community ordered to leave Israel by Sept. 23

Interior Ministry turns down appeals against deportation orders issued in April; recipients, some born in Israel, are demanding legal status, plan to take case to court

By Sue Surkes

A Hampton Inn is shown on July 21, 2020 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

July 22, 2020, 6:11 pm

Migrant kids as young as 1 held in US hotels, then expelled

Lawyers, immigration activists decry detainment of children in hotels as part of Trump administration policy to immediately deport asylum seekers during pandemic

By NOMAAN MERCHANT

Barbed wire is seen at the memorial site of the former Nazi concentration camp 'Neuengamme' in Hamburg, northern Germany, on May 4, 2010. (apn/Axel Heimken)

March 6, 2020, 5:23 am

Former Nazi camp guard, 94, who lived in US for years, to be deported

Memphis judge orders that Friedrich Karl Berger, who served at Neuengamme concentration camp, be sent back to Germany

By AP

Berlin identity card dated October 1943 found by Ariana Neumann as a girl. It had a photo of her father Hans Neumann as a young man on it, but the name stated was Jan Šebesta. (Courtesy of Ariana Neumann)

February 10, 2020, 1:37 am

With clues from mysterious box, daughter solves puzzle of father’s WWII survival

In memoir ‘When Time Stopped,’ Ariana Neumann describes how investigating her father’s double life as a chemist for the Nazis helped her discover his identity — and her heritage

By Renee Ghert-Zand