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A Lebanese Pro-Palestinian Militant Returns Home After 40 Years in a French Prison
BEIRUT GOVERNORATE, LEBANON, JUL 25 – Georges Abdallah was the longest-held prisoner in Western Europe and renewed calls for armed resistance upon his release after 40 years in a French prison.
- On July 25, 2025, Georges Abdallah arrived at Beirut International Airport, supporters gathered waving Palestinian and Lebanese flags, AFP said.
- Held since 1984 for the 1982 assassinations, his release was ordered on July 17, 2025 after decades of denied parole.
- Mohammad Shuqair said, `We draw strength, morale, and confidence from Abdallah after 41 years in prison, even though he could have been released years ago were it not for American-Israeli pressure,` highlighting his symbolic significance.
- After touchdown, Georges Abdallah issued the call `Resistance must continue and escalate`, reinforcing his push for action.
- Beyond Beirut, Abdallah's family said a reception is planned in Kobayat, northern Lebanon.
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After 40 years in prison, Pro-Palestinian who killed Israeli diplomat returns to Lebanon
Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a communist militant, was sentenced to life in 1987 for complicity in the assassinations of U.S. military attaché Charles Ray and Israeli diplomat Ya'akov Barsimantov in France
The Lebanese pro-Palestinian activist left the prison in Lannemezan (Hautes-Pyrénées), Friday morning, after almost 41 years behind bars. He was greeted by his supporters at Beirut airport, Lebanon, a few hours later.
He was one of the oldest prisoners in France and even in Europe. Georges Abdallah, a pro-Palestinian Lebanese activist, was released from the prison in Lannemezan, in southern France, this Friday, July 25th in the morning, after 41 years of imprisonment for complicity in the murders of two American and Israeli diplomats. He was released since 1999, but his detention was prolonged under US pressure, despite 12 requests to be released. He arrived …
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A Lebanese pro-Palestinian militant returns home after 40 years in a French prison
A Lebanese pro-Palestinian communist militant has arrived in Lebanon following his release after more than 40 years in prison in France. Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, who is now 74, was serving a life sentence for complicity in the murders of two…
After forty years in prison in France, pro-Palestinian activist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah is back in his native Lebanon. Icon of the radical left, he regains a deeply transformed political landscape in his absence.
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