12.12.2011                      16.Kislev. 5772

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Shas spiritual leader agrees to release of man who plotted his assassination

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lobbied for the release of French-Palestinian Salah Hamour who was jailed in 2005 for the assassination plot.

A Palestinian prisoner who is also a French citizen will be released soon from Israeli jail as part of the second phase of the Gilad Shalit swap. The release was secured following an unusual correspondence between Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Yosef hosted the French Ambassador to Israel, Christophe Bigot at his home, and informed him that he agrees to Sarkozy's request to free Salah Hamouri, who was jailed for his role in plotting the assassination of the rabbi….