ARCH-TERRORIST BARGHOUTI TO SEEK PA PRESIDENCY – FROM JAIL:

Posted on Mar 1, 2016

Arch-terrorist and former Fatah Tanzim chief Marwan Barghouti is planning a run for the Palestinian Authority presidency, his wife told media sources on Wed. 24 Feb. 2016. Last September, PA President Mahmoud Abbas announced plans to retire. While the 80-year-old PA leader pledged not to run in the next presidential election, Western observers were skeptical of Abbas’ claims, noting that elections have been routinely delayed. Following his victory in 2005, Abbas has never stood for reelection. What was ostensibly a four-year term in office has become a de facto 11-term. Abbas’ rivals within the Palestinian Authority have slammed his indefinite tenure, calling on prominent PA figures to challenge him. Today, opposition to Abbas may be coalescing around Marwan Barghouti. The former Tanzim leader enjoys significant support both among Fatah members and Hamas. (INN) A Tel Aviv judge convicted former Fatah terrorist commander Marwan Barghouti, on 20 May 2004, of murder for his involvement in three terrorist attacks in Israel that killed five people. He was acquitted for 33 other murders due to lack of evidence of his direct involvement in those crimes. When arrested in 2002, he headed Fatah's military wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. After he was imprisoned, he was re-elected member of the PA parliament. Such are the men Palestinians glorify as their leaders and heroes. Pray there will be growing numbers of Palestinians, especially in Gaza, who weary of terrorist government leaders and their focus on the destruction of Israel, rather than on building better lives and communities.