Question 40138 — foreign policy

Summary

Mr. Jean François Mbaye draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the situation of Mr. Salah Hamouri. Avocat Franco-Palestinian, Mr. Hamouri currently resides in his hometown of Jerusalem. However, on June 30, 2021, Ms. Ayelet Shaked, Minister of the Interior of Israel, pronounced the revocation of Mr. Hamouri's residency card, the only official document allowing him to remain in Jerusalem. This decision was taken on the basis of Israeli body of legislation on citizenship which, since a reform adopted in 2017 by the Knesset, allows the executive to pronounce the forfeiture of Israeli citizenship - and by extension of their right to remain in Jerusalem - of any person who is considered to have lacked loyalty to the Jewish state. In September 2020, while Mr. Salah Hamouri was the subject of a similar procedure, the Ministry of Europe and of Foreign Affairs had indicated during a press conference that “Mr. Salah Hamouri must be able to lead a normal life in Jerusalem, where he was born and where he resides. His wife and son must also obtain the right to go to Jerusalem to find him” just as the situation of Mr. Hamouri was “monitored carefully and at a high level by the French authorities”. At a time when the Israeli authorities seem to again wanting to expel Mr. Hamouri from his hometown, he wishes to know the steps that will be taken by his ministry in order to prevent the revocation of his resident card and the assistance that will be provided to the compatriot in the context of the appeals likely to be filed against the decision of the Israeli Ministry of the Interior. Likewise, he wishes to know the initiatives that will be taken by the Government in order to allow Mr. Hamouri's wife and children to join him and live with him.

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