EU Lawmaker Faces Prison for Praising Lod Airport Massacre Terrorist
Translated & summarized from Behadrei Haredim by baba
Parisian prosecutors have requested a ten-month suspended prison sentence for Rima Hassan, a French Member of the European Parliament, for allegedly glorifying terrorism. She is accused of quoting a terrorist responsible for the 1972 Lod Airport massacre in a social media post. Hassan also faces drug charges and has a history of anti-Israel activism, including being denied entry to Israel three times in 2025. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is reportedly taking the accusations seriously.
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- EU lawmaker Rima Hassan faces prison in Paris for glorifying a terrorist who committed the 1972 Lod Airport massacre.
- Prosecutors seek a ten-month suspended sentence and a two-year ban from public office for Hassan.
- Hassan is also charged with drug offenses after synthetic drugs were found during her arrest.
- She has a history of anti-Israel statements and activism, including calls for boycotts.
- Israel denied Hassan entry three times in 2025 due to her activities.
- European Parliament President Roberta Metsola views the accusations against Hassan seriously.
Parisian prosecutors are seeking a ten-month suspended prison sentence and a two-year ban from public office for Rima Hassan, a French Member of the European Parliament. Hassan is accused of "glorifying terrorism" following a March 26 post on X, formerly Twitter, which has since been deleted. In the post, she quoted Japanese terrorist Kozo Okamoto, who led the 1972 Lod Airport massacre that killed 24 people, saying, "I dedicated my youth to Palestine. As long as oppression exists, resistance is not only a right but a duty."
According to the French newspaper "Le Parisien," Hassan's legal troubles extend beyond her online statements. Synthetic drugs were found in her possession during her arrest, and she is now also suspected of drug use, possession, and trafficking. This is not the first time the lawmaker has faced accusations of supporting terrorism. In December 2024, a formal complaint was filed against her after she wrote, "If French-Israelis are allowed to serve in the Israeli army and enjoy the benefits of dual citizenship, then every French-Palestinian should be allowed to join the armed Palestinian resistance."
Just two weeks prior, Hassan was filmed knocking flags of Israel and the European Union to the floor during an exhibition commemorating the October 7th massacre. Following this incident, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola stated she views the accusations against Hassan "very seriously." Hassan, who was born in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria and identifies as Palestinian, is known for her prominent activism against Israel and companies operating there.
Data from the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs indicates that in September 2024, she called for a boycott of the Carrefour chain, and in 2025, she supported a boycott of Starbucks, claiming it was "complicit in the genocide in Gaza" and accusing Israel of apartheid. As a result of her activities, Israel has denied her entry three times in 2025.
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