The Perpetrator Of The Jewish Restaurant Attack In Paris 43 Years Ago Was Arrested In The West Bank

JAKARTA - France welcomed the news that a suspect in an attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris 43 years ago, which killed six people and injured 20 others, has been detained by Palestinian authorities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot posted on X's account the arrest was made possible by President Emmanuel Macron's decision to recognize an independent Palestinian state on Monday, allowing a request for extradition.

Macron welcomes the cooperation with the Palestinian Authority. "We are working together to realize rapid extradition," he said.

At that time, grenade attacks and firearms at Jo Goldenberg's restaurant at the heart of the Jewish district in the Marais area in August 1982 were France's deadliest anti-semit attack since World War Two.

The attack was part of a wave of violence abroad by Palestinian militants that began in the 1970s.

No one has yet been tried in this case.

Together with France, some 10 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Britain, and Canada, are expected to officially recognize the Palestinian state on Monday, before the annual meeting of leaders at the UN General Assembly.

Barrot said "no one can change France's determination to take action against terrorism and antisemitism".

Meanwhile, the National Anti-terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) said Interpol had informed them of the arrest of Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra, alias Hicham Harb, by Palestinian authorities.

In July, a French judge ordered a trial of six people, including Harb, in a special court of terrorism over the attack.