Al-Quds: France Issued Postal Stamp Honoring Palestinian Prisoner

Middle East • June 2011 • Views: 1,738

I am holding out hope that this isn’t true, and I do consider the source, BUT if it is true, then it is important.

According to an exclusive report in the daily Al-Quds, France’s postal authority has issued a stamp bearing the portrait of Saleh Hassan Al-Hamori, member of the Popular front of the Liberation of Palestine.

Al-Hamori, a Palestinian from Jerusalem with a French citizenship, was sentenced in 2005 to a seven-year prison term for planning to assassinate Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, spiritual leader of Israel’s Shas movement. The report says that the stamp has been issued as part of a campaign led by French pro-Palestinian organizations calling on French President Nicolas Sarkozy to act toward freeing Al-Hamori.

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5 comments

Samson Sun, Jun 12, 2011 12:30:03pm

I cannot find any credible report of this anywhere. The stamp itself looks like one of those custom made stamps you can print yourself with an inkjet printer, and poorly done at that. It's hard to believe that the French postal service would use its resources to make a stamp for a man in prison for attempted murder, but I suppose anything is possible. More likely, it was printed by a pro-Palestinian group and is being falsely promoted as legitimate.

SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Jun 12, 2011 1:20:04pm

Tend to agree with Samson. May be wishful thinking, but this seems a very odd thing to do, and it doesn't look right.

Samson Sun, Jun 12, 2011 2:06:50pm

re: #2 SanFranciscoZionist

I believe this is a website where a template for such a stamp could be purchased:

[Link: www.lindner-usa.com...]

The US Postal Service offers a similar service.

Buck Sun, Jun 12, 2011 2:09:06pm

I am saying the same thing.

"I am holding out hope that this isn't true, and I do consider the source."

Samson Sun, Jun 12, 2011 2:33:18pm

The source for this story, the MEMRI Blog, begins by indicating that "...According to an exclusive report in the daily Al-Quds..." So, they are merely reporting that the story was reported in the Palestinian press without attempting to verify its accuracy.

That said, I cannot even find the original story in Arabic, though I wouldn't doubt that it is there, somewhere. In other words, it's yet another misleading and phony story in the Palestinian press, this one rather easily shown to be false.

No wonder it's "exclusive" report. Who else would publish such an outright falsehood and expect to get away with it?

So, unless someone can find evidence to the contrary, I would consider your wish granted!

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