Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 12:06 am
Human rights lawyer imprisoned for months without trial then deported from East Jerusalem
And attempted murderer only freed because of the 2011 prisoner exchange. You missed out attempted murderer, yet attempted murderer is the key point here.
following the typical bogus claims the NGO he works for does "terrorism".
Lol. "Bogus". Lmao.
Addameer is accused of strong ties to the PFLP, widely recognised as a terrorist group and most notorious in recent years for the murder of the Fogel family. There's a massive overlap between their senior leadership and PFLP members/activists/terrorists. Here's a few.
Anas Barghouthi, listed as Addameer lawyer up until his arrest in 2013, subsequently convicted of PFLP membership.
Mahmoud al Safadi, listed on Addameer board in 2011 and 2020. Served a long sentence, sources varying on the exact length, with Arabic sources placing him in the PFLP.
Naser Abu Khdair, listed on Addameer board in 2011 and 2020, tried to run for election on PFLP slate in 2021 but Mahmoud Abbas, 17 years into his first 4 year term, cancelled them. Did prison time for PFLP membership, and was referred to in a PFLP article as a PFLP official in 2018 - apparently during his time at Addameer. Once injured himself making a bomb.
Bashir Al-Khairi, Listed on Addameer board in 2019 and tried to run for (cancelled) election on PFLP slate in 2021. Listed by Arabic sources as being a member of PFLP's national council in relation to a 2010 arrest. Described as a "comrade" and "leader" by PFLP themselves in 2012 and 2014, and was listed as the head of PFLP's political bureau in a 2002 CNN article.
Mahmoud Jiddah, listed on Addameer board in 2019, described as PFLP official in Arabic source in 2006 and "of the PFLP cadres" in Arabic source in 2017.
Yacoub Odeh, listed on Addameer board in 2019, documented as joining the PFLP back in the sixties, spoke at a PFLP ceremony in 2014 where PFLP described him as a "comrade"
Samer Arbid, listed as an accountant at Addameer for some years. More notorious for the murder of seventeen year old Rina Shnerb.
Ayman Nasser, listed by Addameer as coordinator of their legal unit. Convicted of PFLP membership in 2013.
Salah Hamouri, listed as a field researcher and lawyer at Addameer as of 2019. Convicted of attempting to murder a rabbi in 2005 but released in 2011 as part of a prisoner swap, media released in support of him during his detention places him at PFLP rallies and has him appearing with Ahmed Saadat, the PFLP's general secretary, Samir Kuntar, a Hezbollah member who is infamous for beating a four year old girl to death with a rifle butt and who was notoriously celebrated by Al Jazeera after he was exchanged, and Marwan Barghouti, convicted of directing multiple murders in his role as a leader within Shuhada al-Aqsa, and referred to by PFLP as a "comrade" in 2011. This guy, by the way, is the one BOAF described as a "human rights lawyer" without mentioning any of the other stuff.
Khalida Jarrar, listed as vice-chairwoman of Addameer until 2017 and tried to run for (cancelled) election on PFLP slate in 2021, convicted in 2015 of membership in PFLP and incitement to violence.
Abdul-Latif Ghaith, listed as founder of Addameer and board member for the last twenty years in 2011. Described by Ma'an as a member of PFLP's political bureau in 2009, clearly during his time as Addameer board member.
Clearly there's a pretty big overlap. And this list is not and is not meant to be exhaustive.