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An Israeli military court Tuesday ruled to expel Jerusalem resident and Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Ahmad Atton to the West Bank, thus upholding an Israeli Ministry of Interior order withdrawing Atton’s residency right in East Jerusalem, according to attorney Fadi Qawasmi.
Qawasmi said the court, which convened at Ofer military base near Ramallah, decided to expel Atton, elected in the 2006 parliamentary elections on a Hamas-backed ticket, to the West Bank without specifying when would that take place.
Atton, along with another Palestinian lawmaker and a former cabinet minister, all Hamas-affiliated, had taken refuge in the Red Cross office for almost two years to prevent Israel from expelling them from their home.
However, undercover Israeli forces arrested Atton at the Red Cross and put him in prison.
Israel had already revoked Jerusalem residency right from one lawmaker, Mohammad Abu Tir, who was forced to leave his Jerusalem home and move to Ramallah. Yet, he was then arrested from his new Ramallah-area home and is currently in prison.
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