French consulate hosts Arab terrorist who planned to murder Ovadia Yosef.

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Vichy still remains Vichy.
What next, France will host a memorial for Mohammad Merah, the Arab terrorist who murdered Jewish kids in France this year.

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French consulate hosts terrorist who planned to kill top Israeli rabbi.
Salah Hamouri, who spent seven years in prison for his part in a plot to assassinate Ovadia Yosef, was a guest of honor at Jerusalem function
Stuart Winer
November 26, 2012,

The French Consulate in Jerusalem recently hosted as a guest of honor a Palestinian terrorist, Salah Hamouri, who was convicted of plotting to kill Ovadia Yosef, a former chief rabbi of Israel and the spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, an Israeli newspaper reported Monday.

The event was held at the consulate building to celebrate the signing of terms of cooperation between the Île-de-France and the Jerusalem branch of the Palestinian Authority, the Maariv daily said. The agreement was to focus on the areas of vocational training, health, social, cultural and institutional support. The Île-de-France is one of the administrative regions of France and is composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area.

Hamouri, an Israeli-Arab and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was arrested in 2005 and sentenced to prison for his part in a plan to attack Yosef, a leading Sephardic rabbinic authority and the spiritual leader of the Shas political party.

Hamouri, who has French nationality through his mother, was released from prison after seven years as part of last year’s prisoner exchange for the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

The ceremony was attended by French Consul General Frédéric Desagneaux, the Paris region’s vice president for International Affairs Roberto Romero, Palestinian Authority Jerusalem Governor Adnan al-Husayni, and Hamouri.

Foreign Ministry Spokeman Yigal Palmor told Maariv that Hamouri’s welcome “raised question marks about the moral world of those who see him as a hero and about their motives.”

Days after his release at the end of 2011, Ynet reported that Hamouri was unrepentant and had described Yosef as a “symbol of racism and bigotry in Israel.”

Hamouri is currently suing news outlet Israel National News for NIS 1 million in a claim that it slandered him by when it supposedly quoted a Reuters news report that had him saying “Rabbi Ovadia Yosef deserves to die.” Hamouri denies he said any such thing and is suing INN for “damaging his good name”, Maariv said. Last week INN’s management met with Hamouri under legal advisement.