{"id":10233,"date":"2026-06-11T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10233"},"modified":"2026-06-11T18:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:34:00","slug":"the-37-year-old-palestinian-a-member-of-the-terrorist-group-hamas-is-in-prison-what-he-claims-and-why-he-is-accused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10233","title":{"rendered":"The 37-year-old Palestinian, a member of the terrorist group Hamas, is in prison\u2014What he claims, and why he is accused"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">On his way to <b>prison <\/b>is the <b>37-year-old Palestinian<\/b>, following the decision by the investigating judge and prosecutor to remand him in custody<b>remanded in custody <\/b>in connection with the <b>terrorism<\/b> case currently under investigation by the authorities.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">After a lengthy  investigative process, the <b>defendant <\/b>failed to convince the judicial authorities with his claims, resulting in <b>an order for his pretrial detention<\/b>. The case, which came to light following a coordinated operation by the <b>EYP <\/b>and the <b>Counter-Terrorism Unit<\/b>, is directly linked to <b>recent arrests of members of Hamas in Cyprus<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">During his <b>lengthy testimony<\/b>, the <b>37-year-old<\/b> made significant revelations, <b>naming the individuals who approached him<\/b>. However, he denied the charge of being an ideological leader, claiming that he was the victim of blackmail:<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">\u201c<b>They set me up; they told me to go work as an electrician in Malaysia for a good salary. There, they threatened me and trained me in explosives against my will<\/b>,\u201d he reportedly claimed, adding that he later backed out of the plan and returned part of the money he had been given.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">For his part, <b>defense attorney<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"45\">Spyros Pantazis<\/b>, spoke of \u201c<b>scapegoat<\/b>\u201d and a case file riddled with gaps and contradictions, emphasizing that his client\u2019s personality is a far cry from that of a terrorist.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\"><b>The charges facing the 37-year-old relate to felonies<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"10\">\n<li><b data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Formation of and membership<\/b> in a terrorist organization.<\/li>\n<li><b data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Receiving specialized training<\/b> in the manufacture and use of explosives for the purpose of carrying out terrorist attacks.<\/li>\n<li><b data-path-to-node=\"10,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Traveling<\/b> abroad to attend such training.<\/li>\n<li><b data-path-to-node=\"10,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Providing criminal support<\/b> to achieve terrorist objectives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 37-year-old Palestinian is on his way to prison following the decision by the investigating judge and prosecutor to remand him in custody in connection with the case &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greece"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}