Israel expels Hamas parliament member to Ramallah

Israel expelled a Hamas member from Jerusalem on Tuesday, releasing him from prison at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the city where he crossed into Palestinian Authority-controlled Ramallah.

Ahmad Attoun, whose Israeli-issued permit to reside in Jerusalem was revoked in 2006, had spent 70 days in an Israeli jail for being illegally present in the city, his lawyer said. "This is one of the hardest moments of my life," Attoun told journalists as he crossed the Qalandia checkpoint that divides Ramallah from Jerusalem. (Reuters)