'Human rights lawyer' for Palestinians imprisoned for six months in UK

05/26/2019

Meet Simone Burns, renowned "human rights lawyer" for Palestinians and anti-Israel activist, who is now spending six months in a British prison. Burns is an Irish citizen resident in England who goes by the name Simone O'Broin, who was flying from Mumbai to London on Air India, a nine-hour journey. When denied fourth bottle of wine following breakfast service, Burns engaged in a drunken, racist rant, spitting directly in the face of a female crew member. She also attempted to smoke cigarettes in a bathroom three times, but was stopped by crew members