France has denounced Israel's expulsion of a French-Palestinian human rights lawyer,Salah Hamouri,who had been held in prison without charge since March accused of security offences against the state and ties to a banned militant group. We condemn the Israeli authorities' decision,[which is] against the law,the foreign ministry said,adding that Paris had clearly communicated its opposition to this expulsion of a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem,an occupied territory. Hamouri,37,a lifelong Jerusalem resident without Israeli citizenship,arrived in Paris on a Sunday morning flight from Tel Aviv,where his wife,Elsa,as well as politicians,NGO representatives and supporters,were waiting to greet him at Charles de Gaulle airport.
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