Salah Hamouri

Salah Hamouri (Arabic: صلاح حموري‎‎), born on 25 April 1985 to a French mother and a Palestinian father, is a French sociology student at Bethlehem University. He is known for his 2005 indictment for planning to assassinate rabbi Ovadia Yosef and for being a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He pleaded guilty to the latter, in the hope of obtaining a lighter sentence, according to his lawyer.

After a three-year administrative detention, following the advice of his lawyer, Leah Tsemel, he accepted to plea bargain to avoid to 14-year sentence and was sentenced to 7 years by a military tribunal.

A number of committees constituted to protest against this sentence and to affirm his innocence.

Hamouri was released in exchange for the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in December 2011.

Salah Hamouri was born on 25 April 1985 in Jerusalem to a French mother, Denise Hamouri-Guidoux, from Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain), who teaches French in Jerusalem, and a Palestinian father, Hassan Hamouri, who manages a restaurant in Eastern Jerusalem.

An alumnus of the Catholic private school of Frères de Lasalle de Jérusalem, he decided to enroll in sociology studies at Bethlehem University after his Baccalaureate.

On May 29th, 2014, he married French citizen Elsa Lefort. Their son, Watan, Hassan, Salah, Hamouri-Lefort, was born on March 31st, 2016 in Paris, France.

From the perspective of French authorities, Salah Hamouri, who holds a French passport, is a Franco-Palestinian binational.

From the perspective of Israeli authorities, residents of Eastern Jerusalem hold a resident permit and are considered to be residents in Israel. This statute has existed since the annexation of East Jerusalem during the Six-Day War.

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