Yes, Marwan Barghouti Could Serve As ‘Palestinian’ President From Prison

Meet Marwan Barghouti, Serial Killer and Possible Palestinian President

Marwan Barghouti is the most popular potential leader of a future Palestinian state. He is in an Israeli prison, and has been for decades. That makes him a hero in the eyes of most Palestinians. More on this serial killer so beloved of the Palestinians: “The Serial Killer Who Might Be the First President of Palestine,” by Moshe Phillips, JNS.org, February 22, 2024:

The various news columnists and others who have been building up Barghouti in recent weeks say that he is the only figure in the Palestinian Arab world who is popular enough to serve as head of the P.A., and then as the president of “Palestine.”…

Those Western journalists who claim that Marwan Barghouti is the most popular figure among the Palestinians are correct. In a free election, he would almost certainly be chosen by voters to replace Mahmoud Abbas — 80% of Palestinians want Abbas to resign — as president of the Palestinian Authority. After all, Israel’s fierce response to the Hamas atrocities has hardened Palestinian views. Now two-thirds of them are against a two-state solution; they want all of Israel, “from the river to the sea,” to be replaced by the twenty-third Arab state of Palestine, and believe they can achieve it only through “armed struggle” to end what they persist in calling the “occupation.” 72% of Palestinians support Hamas’ atrocities in Israel on October 7, 2023. 99% of Palestinians in Judea and Samaria (a/k/a the West Bank) do not agree that Hamas has been guilty of “war crimes.” 85% of Palestinians in Judea and Samaria “have a favorable view” of Hamas, despite — or rather, because — of the atrocities it inflicted on Israelis on October 7. These are the people who would vote, and vote enthusiastically, for Marwan Barghouti, not despite the fact that he is in an Israeli prison, but because of it.

Barghouti is a member of one of the largest and most powerful clans in the West Bank; there are Barghoutis everywhere. Some insisting that if Barghouti won an election for president of the Palestinian Authority, he could not govern from an Israeli prison. Israel refused to include him among the 1,027 prisoners exchanged for Gilad Shalit. It is highly unlikely that it would agree to free him even if he were elected president, given the many murders for which he has been held responsible. But it’s not necessarily the case that he could not perform the duties of president from prison. Politicians have been known in the past to govern from jail. Americans may remember James Michael Curley, who served as Mayor of Boston for two years from his prison cell. Barghouti could govern by employing his wife, and a group of male Barghoutis, along with Nasser al-Kidwa, as his proxies. They could be sent directives from his prison cell. He could even use the Internet to broadcast his messages to his people. It’s not crazy — Marwan Barghouti would be “working from home.”

Then, should a state of “Palestine” actually come into being, including Gaza and parts of the West Bank, he would be the most likely candidate to become its head. In the Western world, we see Barghouti as a murderer, deservedly serving five consecutive life sentences. Among the Palestinians, he is both a brave hero capable of deeds of derring-do — masterminding the murder of four Israelis (and a Greek priest mistaken for a Jew) — and incorruptible, which is merely a reflection of the fact that it’s hard to be corrupt when you are in an Israeli prison. Just wait till he’s given that chance on the outside, and then we’ll see how incorruptible he remains.

Of course, this building up Barghouti in the Western media shows how biased that media remains. None of those in the media now bruiting about the possibility of a “President Barghouti” has mentioned what Barghouti is in prison for. Perhaps they hope their audiences will assume that he is a political prisoner, in jail for speaking out against Israel’s settlement policy, or for having taken part in the “Great March of Return.” But he’s not. He’s in prison for masterminding five murders. Keep that in mind, the next time you read about what a swell choice — the people’s choice, as the mainstream media keeps insisting — Marwan Barghouti would make as President of Palestine.

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Sir Peter

1 month ago

He couldn’t serve as President from Hell. Bibi should send him there immediately

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Buzz

1 month ago

Reply to  Sir Peter

along with all the rest of them!

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Michael A Garfinkel

1 month ago

Reply to  Sir Peter

Yahya Sinwar’s location in the tunnels under Gaza is known, but he is surrounded by human shield Israeli hostages.

The criminal release of a thousand terrorists for the return of Gilad Shalit – which included Sinwar, made this current situation inevitable.

Israel plays into the hands of its enemies when it trades terrorists for hostages – while refusing to execute convicted terrorists.

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Stephen Honig

1 month ago

The only logical answer I can arrive at, is that Satan is very powerful on earth. According to the bible he’s proven it thousand of times with all the wars and Muslim hate. I now believe more and more in prophecy.

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Robert L. Kahlcke

1 month ago

Hopefully you won’t make it out of prison.

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Laddyboy

1 month ago

Where is the GALLOWS for those WANTON MURDERERS dwelling among the Sheeple??

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