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"Samira al-Adra, the sister of Mahmoud al-Adra, who was handed over to France by the Palestinian Authority on Saturday, condemned the extradition decision, describing it as a 'conspiracy' that followed Paris's recognition of the State of Palestine. "Since 1982, they haven't lifted a finger about the matter, and now they've taken action," she explained while speaking in the West Bank city of Hebron. She added, "He was a colonel in the intelligence service. None of that moved (Palestinian President) Abu Mazen to respect him and refuse to hand him over," arguing that he "was clearly sold out. They sold him out and handed him over on a silver platter." Samira al-Adra noted that his health was 'pitiful', recalling how "he could not get up to greet me" when she visited him in the hospital, "I greeted him whilst he was lying down." She proclaimed the family had appealed to Palestinian officials at every level, including Fatah Central Committee deputy Jibril Rajoub, but received no support. "We appealed and went to the minister and various places. They said they would look into the matter, but to no avail." Samira claimed a human rights organisation had submitted a request to Abbas on their behalf, only to be told that "a recognition (of the Palestinian state) was to be signed, and that (Mahmoud) must remain in prison until he is handed over." "We have always been recognised as Palestinians. We are not Palestinians by the hand of Abu Mazen or by Macron's recognition. Now they want to hand people over? Why don't they hand over one of those who killed 100,000 people in Gaza?" she commented. According to media reports, the Palestinian Authority handed over Mahmoud Al-Adra, known as Hisham Harb, aged around 73, to the French authorities on Thursday. France accuses Harb, along with other Palestinians, of carrying out an armed attack on a restaurant in the Jewish quarter of central Paris in 1982, which killed six people and injured 22 others. France has been demanding his extradition for trial under an international arrest warrant since 2015."
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