French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan to be tried for 'apology for terrorism'

French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan to be tried for 'apology for terrorism' Submitted by Peter McNamara on Fri, 04/03/2026 - 10:37 The summons of the prominent politician over a post about Palestinian resistance has been criticised as 'political policing' French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan speaks with reporters after being released from police custody in Paris, on 2 April 2026 (Nassim Gomri/AFP) Off French - Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan , who was held in police custody for several hours in France on Thursday, will be tried in July for "apology for terrorism" due to a post on social media, the Paris prosecutor's office announced. The 33-year-old MEP for France Unbowed (La France Insoumise, LFI) was summoned after sharing an article about Kozo Okamoto, a former member of the Japanese Red Army who participated in an attack on Lod Airport in Israel in 1972 in the name of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), killing 26 passengers. Accompanied by Japanese and Palestinian flags, Hassan's post included a quote attributed to him: "Kozo Okamoto: I gave my youth to the Palestinian cause.