Palestinian Authorities Arrest Suspect in 1982 Paris Antisemitic Attack

Palestinian authorities have arrested Hicham Harb, a key suspect in the 1982 antisemitic attack on the Jo Goldenberg kosher restaurant in Paris that killed six people and injured over 20. The arrest, made in the West Bank, was facilitated by President Emmanuel Macron's recent recognition of an independent Palestinian state, enabling France to request extradition. French officials, including Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti, have praised the cooperation with the Palestinian Authority and are working towards Harb's swift extradition to France. Harb, also known as Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra, is accused of leading the commandos in the grenade and gun assault, which was linked to the Abu Nidal Organization. He had lived openly in Ramallah despite an international arrest warrant issued by France in 2015. French prosecutors have called the arrest a major procedural breakthrough in a decades-old case that has yet to see a trial proceed fully without his presence.