Elias Khoury (lawyer)

Elias Daoud Khoury (Arabic: الياس داؤد خوري, Hebrew: אליאס ח'ורי) is an Arab-Israeli Jerusalem-based lawyer.[2][3] Elias gained fame in the 1970s when he led a legal battle against the Israeli settlers of Sebastia and Elon Moreh.[5] Elias' son, George Khoury, was killed by gunfire on 19 March 2004, while jogging in the neighborhood of French Hill in Jerusalem.[2][6] "This is a barbaric act that will not change my world view, which includes deep faith in Palestinian rights," said Khoury.In 2008, he expressed concerns with a planned real estate deal between his own Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the State of Israel.
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