All dressed up with no place to go
Youssef Magied al-Molqui, who in 1985 led the hijacking of the luxury cruise ship Aquille Lauro has won early release from an Italian prison and has been ordered to leave the country. There's just one problem: According to his attorney, no other country will take the man who is directly responsible for the murder of wheelchair-bound American Leon Klinghoffer, who was thrown into the sea by the hijackers.I'll bet the US would be willing to take him. Well, maybe not with The One in charge.
Al-Molqui served 24 years of a 30-year sentence that was imposed by the Italian court. During a 2006 furlough, al-Molqui escaped to Spain, but he was recaptured.
Maybe Israel should offer to dispose of him? Heh.
More details on the Achille Lauro hijackers here.
UPDATE 9:10 PM
Arutz Sheva adds:
Molqui is currently in a holding center, where he is fighting an expulsion order. He has married an Italian citizen, and claims that his marriage should grant him citizenship as well. In addition, Molqui argues that he has no citizenship. As a descendant of Arabs who fled pre-state Israel, Molqui is not eligible for citizenship in his state of birth.I wonder why no one wants them. Hmmm.
A second hijacker, Ibrahim Abdelatif, was released from prison last year and is also fighting a deportation order. Like Molqui, Abdelatif has no citizenship, as his country of birth, Lebanon, refuses to grant citizenship to descendants of Arabs who fled pre-state Israel.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:47 PM
2 Comments:
I simply cannot believe that no one would welcome this heroic freedom fighter who single handedly pushed a wheelchair-bound old man overboard. Such a mensch...such a hero...man, people can be so ungrateful sometimes!
/sarc
Who wants to take in a murderer? Youssef Magied al-Molqui's Cain-like punishment is a truly fitting sentence. May his feet never find true rest as long as he is alive! And may G-d avenge the blood of Leon Klinghoffer, z"tl!
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