Meet Marwan Barghouti, Serial Killer and Possible Palestinian President

The most popular potential leader of a future Palestinian state is Marwan Barghouti. He isn’t hiding in a tunnel in Gaza, like Yahya Sinwar, nor living the life of Riley in a luxury hotel in Doha like Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh, Moussa abu Marzouk, and Khaled Meshaal. Nor is he living in a $13 million presidential palace in Ramallah like Mahmoud Abbas. No, he’s in an Israeli prison, and has been for decades. That makes him a hero in the eyes of most Palestinians. Barghouti, you see, was convicted of masterminding the murders of Israelis and sentenced to five life terms. And that is one of the reasons for his popularity: he’s a real killer of Israelis, and has spent 33 years in an Israeli prison to prove it. A second reason is that unlike the three Hamas leaders — Haniyeh, Marzouk and Meshaal —and the rais in Ramallah, 88-year-old Mahmoud Abbas, Barghouti hasn’t stolen billions of dollars from aid meant for the Palestinians because, of course, behind bars he hasn’t had that opportunity. More on this serial killer so beloved of the Palestinians can be found here: “The Serial Killer Who Might Be the First President of Palestine,” by Moshe Phillips, JNS.org, February 22, 2024:

A Greek Orthodox priest named Georgios Tsibouktzakis was murdered for the crime of driving while mistakenly being perceived as Jewish. And now his killer is being widely touted as the likely first president of “Palestine.”

In recent weeks, pundits in The New York Times, The Guardian and other news outlets have promoted Marwan Barghouti as the best candidate to replace Mahmoud Abbas as head of the Palestinian Authority and then become the first president of the “Palestine” that they hope to establish.

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Why does the Western press anoint Barghouti as the best candidate to become head of the Palestinian Authority after Mahmoud Abbas retires or, more likely, dies? Because, as noted above, he isn’t corrupt. The Western journalists fail to recognize that he’s not corrupt only because he hasn’t had a chance; there is no reason to think he would not follow in the footsteps of Mahmoud Abbas (who together with his sons Yasser and Tareq has accumulated a family fortune worth $400 million), or the three Hamas leaders Khaled Meshaal ($4 billion), Ismail Haniyeh ($4 billion) and Mousa abu Marzouk ($3 billion). And he has Palestinian street cred — the kind that 33 years in an Israeli prison can provide.

Incredibly, many of these Barghouti enthusiasts make no mention at all of the innocent people he was convicted of murdering. That’s like murdering them twice. Here’s some information on one of Barghouti’s victims.

Giorgios Tsibouktzakis was born and raised in the picturesque northern Greek town of Evosmos, a name that means “pleasant scent.” Among its notable sites is the Agios Athanasios Church, which is more than 200 years old….

After studying at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Georgios decided to go to Israel. And why not? Christianity was born in the Land of Israel. The Christian Bible is filled with references to Judea (although there is no mention of “Palestine,” for some reason). As a devout man of faith, he wanted to spend the rest of his life in the Holy Land.

In 1990, Georgios arrived in Israel and resumed his religious studies at a local Greek Orthodox seminary. After three years, he became a monk and was given the name Father Germanos. Eventually, he was ordained a priest and deacon. He was assigned to live at St. George’s Monastery….

For many years, Father Germanos was the only resident of the monastery. He spent his days in prayer and study. When necessary, he would drive to nearby Jerusalem to run errands. It was a humble and peaceful existence. Until June 22, 2001.

On that evening, the priest was driving back from Jerusalem to St. George’s. A Palestinian Arab terrorist with a sniper’s rifle was hiding above the highway near the exit for the Jewish community of Ma’ale Adumim.

As Father Germanos’s car came into view, the terrorist saw his yellow Israeli license plates. So he opened fire. Because if you have Israeli plates, you’re probably Jewish, and if you’re Jewish, you deserve to be murdered. Thus, the clergyman’s life was taken at the age of 34.

Israel’s security services learned from their sources that the attack had been planned and carried out by Force 17, a terrorist unit of Yasser Arafat’s Fatah Party movement that was commanded by longtime “intifada” leader Marwan Barghouti. That information was confirmed by the apprehended shooter, a 22-year-old Fatah member Hassin Radeida.

Barghouti was arrested and indicted as the mastermind of the murder of Father Germanos, as well as a string of other murders. Barghouti had the opportunity to contest the charges and prove his innocence. But he refused to deny culpability and declared that the “Zionist” court had no right to prosecute him.

Of course not—since, in Barghouti’s view, murdering Jews is right and proper, then prosecuting anybody for murdering them is wrong and improper.

On May 20, 2004, Barghouti was convicted of the murders of Father Germanos and four other innocent people. He is serving five consecutive sentences of life imprisonment.

This is what most endears hm to the Palestinian street. The blood of innocent Israeli victims on his hands is precisely what makes him such a popular figure. He not only called for the murder of Israelis, but actually masterminded the murders of four Israelis and a Greek priest mistakenly taken for a Jew.

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turtlebrat

2 months ago

This pos should have been executed in a long and horrible way not put in prison. Killing a priest merits that punishment. Don’t ever be fooled into thinking that the muzzies only hate Jews. If you are not one of them you are an infidel and must die. I cannot see any cure for their hatred but destruction of the haters.

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Hennely

2 months ago

Reply to  turtlebrat

I totally agree. Scum like that should be turned into fertilizer because then for the first time in their life they are worth something.

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Kevin

2 months ago

Reply to  turtlebrat

Correct. There’s heaps of them bastards that go to christian churches. Become fake pastors. Greek orthodox priests too! Even muzzie women go to church but don’t believe just go to watch. Very deceitful people. Kitmen and muruna. The more white anglo become muzzies the merrier. Change politics, workplaces _ they pray? 5 times a day! Open own shops by selling drugs, porno mags, the usual illegal stuff, then into politics or spokes people. Different nationalities etc etc

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MD Anthony

2 months ago

Reply to  turtlebrat

As long as secular Marxist Israel gives God the Middle finger by not executing the terrorists God dumps in their laps…Israel suffers the consequences.

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Kathy Brown, Esq.

2 months ago

Reply to  MD Anthony

A lot of truth there. Our Savior came as a Jew to fulfill the “Old Law”, Judaism is a beautiful faith. And it has been so hard won! For these reasons I always think it a great shame that Israel is as it is; and that all Jews aren’t religious Jews.

When we reject God we can still accomplish a great deal, humanly speaking, as Israel has. But we cannot accomplish the impossible, which we can do with God. Muslims “accomplish” their hideous ends because they draw on Satan (allah). Only God beats him-not us, w/o Him-

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Martin1818

2 months ago

The problem is that Israeli Jews still cannot take off their gloves.
It has long been possible to solve the problem of the prisoner Bargutti or any other scoundrel in such a way that no one will ever find or prove anything.
It’s high time to deal with enemies as they deserve.

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fir1

2 months ago

Reply to  Martin1818

Then theres useful idiot clowns like creepy sleepy – that support them unconditionally.

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Taffy

2 months ago

Someone should slip a rat bar into his halal food. Problem solved in a few days! Died suddenly; blame it on the COVID vaccine.

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danknight

2 months ago

So he’s the Fakestinian version of Nelson Mandela …

smh … we really are living in the end times for our civilization … if not The End Times …

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ed

2 months ago

Hope he develops a serious case of lead poisoning.

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John Acord

2 months ago

Question? Is there an Israeli PM who would let this killer out of prison to lead a state whose only purpose is to kill Israelis? I doubt it.

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Sebastian Tombs

2 months ago

Reply to  John Acord

I dunno. “Stranger things twixt heaven and earth…etc”. In large degree a parallel situation to Nelson Mandela, and that was made to happen.

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Stephen Honig

2 months ago

Israel should use Barghouti for target practice before he’s traded.

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Martin1818

2 months ago

Reply to  Stephen Honig

Only his corpse should have the right to leave prison!

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fir1

2 months ago

I wonder how much of those psychopaths personal fortunes are our tax dollars/” aid ” money?

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Clifford

2 months ago

Execute it and be done with it.

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