Elias Khoury (lawyer)
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- For the Lebanese writer, see Elias Khoury (writer).
Elias Khoury (Arabic: الياس خوري) is a prominent Arab-Israeli lawyer. His office specializes in land law and also offers all other legal services. He has represented several Palestinian politicians in Israeli courts. He is also the father and son of victims of terrorism. Elias Khoury lives and works in Jerusalem.
Elias' son, George Khoury, was murdered on March 19, 2004 while jogging in the neighborhood of French Hill in Jerusalem. The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the military branch of the Fatah movement, claimed responsibility. After it became clear that the victim was an Arab Israeli it apologized, and offered to declare him a martyr for the Palestinian cause. Khoury refused the organisation's offer.
Khoury's father, Daoud Khoury, was also killed in a Palestinian attack in Jerusalem, when a booby-trapped refrigerator exploded in Zion Square.
