Palestinian Writer: No Chance For Marwan Barghouti Release From Israeli Prison | MEMRI

Writing on the liberal Arab website Elaph, Palestinian writer Majdi ‚Abd Al-Wahhab discussed rumors regarding the possible release of Marwan Barghouti from Israeli prison. He argued that chances for this were nonexistent, first of all due to the current makeup of the Israeli government, but also due to Barghouti’s own hard-line position, which advocates liberation through armed resistance. He added that, given these circumstances, Barghouti will only be released if Israel decides to expel all the Palestinians from the country, a catastrophe that has not yet occurred. In the meantime, he said, it is better if Barghouti and others like him remain behind bars rather than lead all the Palestinians to perdition.