For decades, Israeli officials complained they had no “valid interlocutor” while holding Marwan Barghouti in an Israeli jail
This man is the best hope for peace in the Middle East. First Israel has to release him from prisonMen walk past a section of Israel 's separation barrier painted with a portrait of Palestinian Marwan Barghouti, who is held in an Israel jail.
Today the esplanade outside the courthouse where Barghouti was convicted has been renamed Hostage Square, to remind Israelis of 133 captives still held in Gaza. Barghouti’s fate is now linked to theirs. Although Barghouti is a member of the rival movement Fatah,Barghouti was first jailed at age 18 for opposing the Israeli occupation. He completed his secondary school diploma and learned Hebrew in prison.
Under Oslo, the Palestine Liberation Organisation recognised Israeli sovereignty over three-quarters of British mandate Palestine. But Israel did not recognise Palestinian sovereignty over the remaining 25 per cent. When Netanyahu came to power in 1996 he began to dismantle the accords and stepped up colonisation of Palestinian territory, in league with right-wing settlers.
Israel now holds about 8,000 Palestinian prisoners, of whom more than 3,000 were arrested after October 7th. Prison conditions have worsened under Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s extreme right-wing minister of national security.
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