00:01It's a long-awaited homecoming.
00:07Celebrations erupt at this airport in Beirut as crowds hail the arrival of pro-Palestinian militant George Abdallah
00:14following his release after more than 40 years behind bars in France.
00:19It's the longest incarceration in France's recent history.
00:22It's a great day for us, people supporting the Palestinian cause all over the world.
00:28We are happy that finally George Abdallah is free.
00:35We thank him for the sacrifice he made for all of us.
00:38It was a sacrifice for freedom and he has turned into an icon
00:41that inspires us all to believe that our sacrifices are not in vain.
00:48Despite all the hard times and all the defeats,
00:51our sacrifices will be fruitful for the coming generations
00:54so that we can achieve freedom and justice for Palestine.
00:57For many in Lebanon, George Abdallah was a political prisoner.
01:06The now 74-year-old had been serving a life sentence in France
01:09for complicity in the murders of two diplomats,
01:12one American and one Israeli, in 1982.
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