He has been hailed as the eventual, even the inevitable successor to
Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas. He has been condemned as a serial
murderer, an arch-terrorist, a loose cannon in the Palestinian movement.

He was once, in the words of cabinet minister Meir Sheetrit " a strong
supporter of peace, a very positive man." Later, as head of Fatah in the
West Bank, he became the commander of its Tanzim militia during the
second intifada, a position which led to his arrest by Israel.

He is currently serving five life sentences for murder, convicted of
involvement in terror killings.

At the weekend, he won a landslide victory in a Ramallah primary
election to choose Fatah candidates for the Palestinian Legislative Council.

Meretz leader Yossi Beilin urged that Barghouti be pardoned as a
political counterweight to Hamas. Sheetrit said that only under a
permanent peace deal with the Palestinians and after an absolute
cessation of all terrorism should a pardon be considered.

*Under what circumstances, if any, should Israel free Marwan Barghouti?
To what extent could Barghouti as a PA leader be expected to make peace
with Israel? What manner of demands would he make as the price of that
peace?*

Brandon

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Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15

Brandon Channell
http://www.prophecytalk.com/
thedrumchannell@prophecytalk.com