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US activist found guilty of not disclosing conviction in fatal Jerusalem bombing
Source: Associated Press
US activist found guilty of not disclosing conviction in fatal Jerusalem bombing
Associated Press in Detroit
theguardian.com, Monday 10 November 2014 16.53 GMT
A federal jury in Detroit on Monday found a Palestinian migrant charged with immigration fraud guilty for failing to disclose her conviction and imprisonment in a Jerusalem supermarket bombing that killed two people.
Rasmieh Yousef Odeh, 67, was charged for not revealing an Israeli military court conviction for several bombings in 1969. She served 10 years before being released in a prisoner swap with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Odeh is associate director of Chicago’s Arab American Action Network. She is widely respected in Chicago for her work with migrants, especially Arab women.
The criminal case against her angered pro-Palestinian activists who accused the US government of trying to silence critics of Israel. Dozens of supporters traveled from Chicago to watch the trial, either in the courtroom or in a separate courtroom that carried a video feed.
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Associated Press in Detroit
theguardian.com, Monday 10 November 2014 16.53 GMT
A federal jury in Detroit on Monday found a Palestinian migrant charged with immigration fraud guilty for failing to disclose her conviction and imprisonment in a Jerusalem supermarket bombing that killed two people.
Rasmieh Yousef Odeh, 67, was charged for not revealing an Israeli military court conviction for several bombings in 1969. She served 10 years before being released in a prisoner swap with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Odeh is associate director of Chicago’s Arab American Action Network. She is widely respected in Chicago for her work with migrants, especially Arab women.
The criminal case against her angered pro-Palestinian activists who accused the US government of trying to silence critics of Israel. Dozens of supporters traveled from Chicago to watch the trial, either in the courtroom or in a separate courtroom that carried a video feed.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/10/detroit-activist-conviction-jerusalem-bombing
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