Essay: A humanitarian is wrongly convicted of helping besieged Palestinians in Gaza
Award-winning Palestinian journalist DAOUD KUTTAB, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says the case against Mohammad El Halabi has dealt a blow to the Israeli justice system…
Israeli court convicts Palestinian aid worker after six years in detention
Beersheba, Israel AP An Israeli court on Wednesday convicted a Palestinian aid worker who has been detained for six years on Israeli charges he funneled tens of millions of dollars in relief funds to the militant group Hamas. The Beersheba District Court found Mohammad El Halabi guilty of supporting a terror organisation but acquitted him […]
Aid worker’s father appeals to Pope Francis to gain his son’s release from Israel
RNS A Palestinian man has appealed to Pope Francis to intercede with the Israeli government to release his son, a humanitarian worker with a Christian aid organisation, who has been in jail for more than five years on what the father maintains are manufactured charges. Khalil al Halabi, a former head of education at the […]