A Gaza warfare surgeon from Scotland who praised the violent down the execution of an Israeli rabbi arsenic a 'hero' is denied introduction to France.
Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah was owed to talk astatine the French parliament proceeding connected Israel-Hamas conflict.
The medic was placed successful a holding portion successful the Charles de Gaulle airdrome and volition beryllium expelled, according to French legislator Raymonde Poncet Monge, who had invited him to talk astatine the senate.
France's refusal to let the British-Palestinian surgeon to participate the state comes conscionable weeks aft helium was besides banned from entering Germany.
The French authorities did not springiness a crushed for their determination to barroom the doc from entering.
Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah (pictured) has been banned from entering France wherever helium was owed to talk astatine the legislature proceeding connected the Israel-Hamas conflict
The British-Palestinian medic took to X to papers his ordeal, claiming that Germany (where helium was blocked from entering past month) person enactment a one-year prohibition connected him entering Europe
The precocious illustration medic had been invited by French legislator Raymonde Poncet Monge (pictured). She called the incidental a 'disgrace' connected X
The well-known professional of Israel posted connected X, formerly Twitter, claiming to person been banned from entering France wherever helium was owed to talk astatine the senate.
The French overseas ministry, interior ministry, section constabulary and the Paris airdrome authorization would not remark connected what happened oregon springiness an mentation arsenic to their determination to barroom Dr Abu Sitta.
He had been invited by France's left-wing Ecologists radical successful the legislature to talk astatine astir the concern successful Gaza, according to the legislature property service.
Ms Monge called the incidental a 'disgrace' connected societal media.
Last period helium was 'forcibly prevented' from entering Germany to talk astatine a league astir his enactment successful hospitals successful Gaza.
The gathering included grounds from medics, journalists and planetary ineligible experts with Gaza-related experience.
But helium said helium was stopped astatine passport power upon his arrival, held for respective hours and past told helium had to instrumentality to the UK.
He said airdrome constabulary told him helium was refused introduction owed to 'the information of the radical astatine the league and nationalist order'.
Dr Abu Sittah has antecedently been banned from Germany aft helium was owed to talk astatine a league successful Berlin. Police broke up the gathering and threatened pro-Palestinian protestors with prosecution
The professional of Israel claimed that helium was being forced to instrumentality the past formation backmost to London and besides accused Europe of being complicit successful a genocide successful Palestine successful a bid of posts
The medic has been seen sitting adjacent to level hijacker and subordinate of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Leila Khaled astatine a memorial work successful 2019 (pictured acold right)
He had been connected his mode to 'The Palestine Conference. We volition enactment you connected trial', an lawsuit calling for a ceasefire successful Gaza, targeted by German pro-Israel organisations successful caller weeks, inspiring calls for it to beryllium banned.
As the medic was being held astatine the border, the lawsuit was unopen down with Berlin constabulary cutting disconnected powerfulness to the hallway wherever the league was being held, informing pro-Palestine attendees and speakers 'we volition prosecute you'.
Dr Abu Sittah took to X to explicit his frustrations. He wrote: 'I americium astatine Charles De Gaule airport. They are preventing maine from entering France. I americium expected to talk astatine the French Senate today. They accidental the Germans enactment a 1 twelvemonth prohibition connected my introduction to Europe.'
He followed this with respective different posts including 1 which read: 'In an enactment of utter vindictiveness the gallic authorities are denying maine entree to an earlier formation and insisting connected sending maine connected the past formation backmost precocious nighttime to London.'
While waiting helium besides posted different connection wherever helium accused Europe of being complicit successful genocide.
He said: 'Colonial genocide is simply a formative constituent of European identity. Hence their eagerness to go complicit successful silencing the witnesses and arming the warfare criminals.'
Dr Abu-Sittah was treating patients successful Gaza aft the onset of the struggle and has collaborated with Scotland Yard to assistance the International Criminal Court analyse alleged warfare crimes
Dr Abu-Sittah has go a starring spokesperson connected the concern successful Gaza and has featured connected nationalist media outlets specified arsenic Sky News and the BBC since warfare broke retired connected October 7
Dr Abu Sittah became 1 of the astir salient voices successful the beleaguered Palestinian enclave aft travelling to Gaza connected October 9, 2 days aft the struggle erupted, to be to the wounded and study connected the challenges facing the civilian population.
But the medic has since been enactment under probe by the University of Glasgow, wherever helium was precocious appointed rector, aft UK Lawyers for Israel referred the instauration to 'offensive societal media tweets' shared by Abu Sittah, commenting connected the longstanding conflict.
Since being appointed arsenic rector, Dr Abu-Sittah has sought to alteration the University of Glasgow's explanation of anti-Semitism to region linking immoderate disapproval of Israel with the term, distinguishing betwixt disapproval of Zionism and anti-Semitism.
He stated successful his run manifesto: 'While I americium perfectly committed to tackling each forms of anti-Semitism, it is my content that, by linking disapproval of Israel to antisemitism, this explanation threatens world disapproval of Israel and Palestinian solidarity events.
Abu-Sittah faced allegations helium had shared violative posts connected societal media. The Jewish Chronicle besides revealed helium had hailed Ahmad Jarrar, who organised the execution of father-of-six Rabbi Raziel Shevach adjacent Nablus successful 2018, calling him 1 of Palestine's 'dearest and champion sons' and a 'hero'.
'The martyrdom of the absorption subordinate Ahmed Nasr Jarrar, the leader of the Nablus operation, astatine the hands of the Zionist concern army… similar the hundreds of absorption fighters who were martyred astatine the hands of this satanic alliance, represents a pivotal moment,' helium wrote successful Lebanese paper Al Akhbar.
Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah (pictured) returned to the UK aft travelling to Gaza successful October and has spoken astatine high-profile events calling for an contiguous ceasefire
Palestinian Dr. Abu Sittah addressing students aft becoming the Rector of Glasgow University. He has been enactment nether probe by the assemblage aft UK Lawyers for Israel referred the instauration to 'offensive societal media tweets'
Dr Abu Sittah astatine a protestation against the breaking up of a league by constabulary successful Berlin successful April
A twelvemonth later, helium was pictured sitting adjacent to Leila Khaled, a subordinate of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who is noted for her relation successful the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 successful 1969.
The PFLP took power of the level travelling from Rome to Tel Aviv, carrying an American diplomat, and forced its landing successful Syria, wherever they blew up the chemoreceptor conception of the aircraft.
There were nary fatalities, but astatine slightest 2 passengers suffered airy injuries.
Criticism of Abu Sittah's associations and societal media behaviour provoked a probe by the university, confirmed by Principal and Vice Chancellor Sir Anton Muscatelli.
Sir Anton Muscatelli wrote to the UKLFI advocacy radical saying: 'The Rector is simply a wholly autarkic relation (separate from University elder management) with nary enforcement authorization successful the University, and whilst the Rector is escaped to explicit their thoughts and correspond those of students- so this has been the lawsuit passim history- we are wide these views are autarkic and bash not correspond those of the University.'
In video shared online, the doc was seen finishing his code aft becoming rector, quoting MP and Provisional IRA subordinate Bobby Sands successful saying 'our revenge volition beryllium the laughter of our children'.
He besides took the clip to wage tribute to colleagues and 'our land' successful Palestine successful a teary address, receiving applause from the crowd.
'My fear, shared by the University and Colleges Union, is that specified a explanation risks undermining state of code and intelligence thought connected campus.'
Abu Sittah returned from Gaza to eastbound London aft 44 days successful Gaza treating patients and collaborated with Scotland Yard to assistance the International Criminal Court analyse alleged warfare crimes successful the Israel-Hamas war.
He said earlier this twelvemonth helium hopes that by providing grounds of his clip moving successful the strip, planetary bodies volition 're-establish the norms of warfare that emerged aft the Second World War', which helium argues person been breached since the 'watershed' struggle began successful October.
The doctor, who is an honoury prof astatine King's College London and Imperial College London, antecedently worked passim different bloody wars successful Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
He went connected to go a founding subordinate of the struggle medicine programme astatine the American University of Beirut.
MailOnline has contacted Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah for comment.
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