Marwan Barghouti

The Barghouti ‘myth’: Why Palestinians still want a leader they barely know - interview

Asked how it was possible that a man with limited communication to the Palestinian people could enjoy such popularity, Milshtein explained that it was his absence that allowed his popularity to grow.

A Palestinian man walks past graffiti showing Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti in Bethlehem, West Bank.
MARWAN BARGHOUTI is tightly guarded as he leaves a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in 2012. He played a leading role in organizing and directing terrorist attacks during the Second Intifada, the writer asserts.

Why is Hollywood campaigning to free convicted murderer Marwan Barghouti? - opinion

YASSER ABBAS attends the results announcement of Fatah’s Eighth General Conference, in Ramallah, May 18.

The world is watching Israel’s election while ignoring the Palestinian one - opinion

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Marvel stars join campaign to free Barghouti, but ignore his victims - opinion


Prison service agrees to allow Red Cross visit Barghouti on Thursday

Announcement of meeting comes a day after Prison Service cancels meeting between Barghouti and his lawyer.

Jailed Fatah official Marwan Barghouti

Israeli minister: Palestinian hunger strike leader 'exploiting' prisoners

Marwan Bargouti, the popular Palestinian figure who is leading a hunger-strike inside an Israeli prison, was shown breaking the demonstration numerous times over the past months.

Jailed Fatah official Marwan Barghouti

Watch: Palestinian hunger strike leader Barghouti allegedly caught eating

The video was taken at the Kishon Prison in northern Israel where Barghouti was transferred to solitary confinement after the hunger strike began.

Imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti eats in prison

Israel seeks to circumvent doctors who refuse to force-feed hunger strikers

The Israel Medical Association has advised its physician members not to participate in any force-feeding, deeming the practice to be inhumane.

PALESTINIANS WALK past graffiti depicting jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, currently serving five life terms for terrorism, on a section of the security wall on the road to Ramallah.

Barghouti is a convicted murderer. Nothing more

Trying to portray Barghouti as some type of Nelson Mandela is grotesquely offensive to the memory of that great man.

PALESTINIAN YOUTHS carry flags with the image of Marwan Barghouti during a protest in the West Bank

My Word: Hunger-striking, power-hungry and bloodthirsty Barghouti

Many observers believe that Barghouti’s latest move is less about the conditions in which the inmates find themselves and more about his political appetite.

PALESTINIANS WALK past graffiti depicting jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, currently serving five life terms for terrorism, on a section of the security wall on the road to Ramallah.

Far-right Israeli activists hold BBQ to taunt hunger striking Palestinians

The strike, started by Marwan Barghouti, calls for better conditions for prisoners, including expanded visitation rights and installation of public phones.

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Barghouti: US not honest broker, peace deadlocked

Fatah leader slams peace process; Kerry postpones trip to region, where he plans to revive talks between PA and Israel.

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In Plain Language: The murderers among us

Simon Wiesenthal, the late, great Nazi hunter, was once asked what motivated him to dedicate his life to exposing and prosecuting the perpetrators of the Holocaust.

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Barghouti accuses PA of not securing his release

Fatah leader blames continued imprisonment in Israel on "Palestinian leadership's shortcomings and negligence."

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