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Saturday, November 13, 2004
 
Marwan Barghouti

Whether out of ignorance or malice, many - particularly over the last week - have called on Israel to release Fatah terrorist leader Marwan Barghouti from prison. Barghouti is serving a life sentence for ordering the murder of scores of Israelis.

The argument for releasing Barghouti is that he is a moderate who favors a peaceful solution.

Putting aside that Barghouti is a mass murderer - which only excludes those who murder people who are not Jewish from being deemed a moderate - he has long taken extremist positions and insisted on violence instead of negotiation. The idea that he wants peace is sheer idiocy.

For example, Barghouti told the Jerusalem Post on December 6, 2000 that, "We oppose any return to the negotiations, because now it has become clear that there is no way to make an agreement with the government of Barak... we have asked everybody to accelerate the intifada, instead."

But wasn't Barghouti a supporter of the Clinton Plan, which would have given Palestinians half of Jerusalem, all of Gaza and virtually all of Judea and Samaria?

Actually, no, Barghouti opposed the Clinton Plan. "We can't sign this kind of agreement," he said. "The intifada will continue, and will be escalated in the next few weeks." Barghouti stated that he was opposed to any deal that did not include the right of return for all refugees to Israel.

Even in 1999, shortly after Ehud Barak defeated Binyamin Netanyahu, Barghouti called for the Palestinians to use violence.

With Arafat dead and the Palestinian terror campaign severely weakened by the liquidation of most of Hamas' leadership, why anyone would want Barghouti to be given a position of influence is beyond me. If he were not in prison today, Barghouti would doubtlessly lead a resurgence of violence to ensure that no steps toward negotiation result from Arafat's death. Anyone interested in Middle East peace should demand that Marwan Barghouti serve his life sentence.