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Marwan Barghouti, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2002 for his involvement in anti-Israeli attacks during the second intifada, said in a rare court appearance Wednesday that the Middle East conflict will end only when Israel withdraws to the pre-1967 lines and a Palestinian state is established, Agence France Presse reports.
"I call on the great Palestinian people to embrace unity and cohesion and to establish a national unity government and also to embrace popular, peaceful resistance to end the occupation," he said.
Barghouti is a senior member of the Fatah party of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and remains one of its most popular figures, according to recent polling data cited by The Associated Press. With Abbas having said he is retiring and Barghouti behind bars, Fatah faces a struggle for survival as it prepares for an electoral showdown with the Islamic militant movement Hamas.
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He's a murderer and shall rot in jail till the end of his days. Too bad he can't be made to do it consecutively 5 times as sentenced.
Israel has capital punishment on the books of law. It's a shame they applied it only once.
Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti demands 1967 borders.
Crap in one hand, demand in the other, and see which one fills up first.
Good grief! It's time to end this endless conflict already! So much death and violence with God and religion at the center--no matter which 'side' you're on, I can't see how any god would be happy about that.
Frankly, wouldn't the 300 BC borders make more historical sense?
Dick hole!