News about Marwan Barghouti
With Hamas determined to exchange a convicted Israeli hostage, a failed Palestinian terrorist serving in Israel for five years remains 'key to a ceasefire in Gaza.'
www.dailymail.co.uk,
February 5, 2024
According to Hamas' list of prisoners exchanges for Israeli hostages, a convicted Palestinian terrorist convicted of five murders is likely to be at the top of the list. Marwan Barghouti, a veteran West Bank king who was jailed in 2002 for murder, is known as the 'Palestinian Nelson Mandela' to his followers and is seen as the catalyst in Gaza's ceasefire. Despite many negotiators' claims that the Israeli government hasn't agreed or confirmed that it is now inevitable, many negotiators believe it is close. A statement in Barghouti's name called for Hamas in the current war, something that his wife denies. Following this, his family claims he was brutalized in jail, detained in solitary confinement, and detained in the dark with loud music playing for days. The Israeli prison authorities haven't commented on the specific charges, but they claim they 'operate strictly according to rules and procedures.'