Law enforcement uncovered a terror network in East Jerusalem allegedly operated from overseas by the French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri, the Shin Bet and Israel Police said Tuesday.

Hamouri, whose Jerusalem residency was revoked by the government in 2022 over his ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror group, allegedly recruited five Palestinians from the city to “promote militant terror activity within Israel,” the joint statement read.

Hamouri was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a PFLP-linked plot to assassinate former Sephardi chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef in 2005, but was released early in a 2011 hostage-prisoner swap with Hamas.

Israel maintained that even after his release, Hamouri remained active in the group.

“Hamouri exploits his origins and ties to Israeli territory to recruit local terror operatives, while simultaneously conducting open activity related to the Palestinian issue,” said the Shin Bet and police.

“The terror activity he advances is........

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