European Parliament member Rima Hassan, of Palestinian descent, is set to face trial in July for allegedly advocating terrorism online. The charges stem from a post she made on the platform X, which referenced a 1972 Israeli airport attack.

Rima Hassan, a European Parliament member from the France Unbowed (LFI) party who is of Palestinian descent, will face trial in July on charges of "advocating terrorism" online over a message on X she posted last month. The International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism and the European Jewish Organization ​lodged complaints against the post referencing a 1972 Israeli airport attack.