Marwan Barghouti...a name few have heard of, is the name of the man that every Israeli administration, to date, has refused to release in any prisoner exchanges done in the past and hopefully will not consider doing now. However, even with that said, I believe Marwan Barghouti holds the key not only to Hamas' releasing all the remaining Israeli hostages held...if any are still alive that is...but is the man who holds not only Gaza's possible future in his hands, but who might actually be the underlining reason for Hamas' October 7th attack on Israel.
In other words, securing Barghoti's release might have been Hamas' “Black Saturday” goal all along with their atrocities committed being but the means, they believed, that would have helped to secure his release out of fear that more such attacks would soon follow.
Simply, I believe that Marwan Barghouti is the one prisoner Hamas wanted returned all along, and that Benjamin Netanyahu surmised this as well for he knows the power Barghouti held and still holds now even while he remains in an Israeli high security prison. Remember, none of the prisoners Netanyahu released in what was a totally lopsided... numbers wise...hostage exchange deal remains as important to Hamas as this man is.
And also know that once imprisoned and with decades now having past, most folks have forgotten Barghouti's importance as a key player not only within the Palestinian Authority...he was a former senior Fatah official and the leading candidate to succeed Mahmoud Abbas as chairman of said Palestinian Authority...but was and remains even from prison a vocal advocate for a “two-state solution” by any means possible. And why...because Barghouti and his followers still see a “two-state solution” being perceived on the world stage as a defeat for Israel and a win for Iran, her proxy army Hamas, and the Palestinian people as well.
A “two-state solution” on what would be terrorist mastermind Barghouti's terms would be but yet another bloodied knife dug into the back of the “Little Satan” Israel, while at the same time humiliating, mocking, and shaming the “Big Satan,” as in the United States.
Now think of it this way, the multitudes of low-level Palestinian criminals who were being exchanged for a few Israelis were but a “divert and defect” operation by Hamas to try and “hide,” if they could, Barghouti within the ranks of the hostages being exchanged, a clever but thankfully failed ploy. Why so...because Marwan Barghouti's release and his becoming the leader in Gaza...that is if Trump's plan was not implemented and the four aforementioned Arab nations plan was...probably would see the dynamics of the Middle East change and not in a way as to secure Israel's survival as the “Jewish State, but in a way to secure her being wiped off the face of the map.
Marwan Barghouthi is indeed a “bad guy,” captured by Israel in Ramallah on April 15, 2002 during the “Second Intifada.” Tried, convicted, and imprisoned with five consecutive life sentences adjudicated for his involvement in a number of deadly attacks...attacks which resulted in the murders of a number of Israelis along with a Catholic priest...saw Barghouti's following amongst his fellow Palestinians, his fellow prisoners, and Israel's enemies growing, thus making him more dangerous now than he was before said imprisonment. A cult hero of sorts to the anti-Israel/anti-Semitic crowd, Marwan Barghouti is known to some as “Palestine's Mandela,” which is a far cry from the truth.
“Leave us Hamas, we want to live freely,” so said a crowd recently demonstrating in Eastern Gaza City, while a similar protest took place just over five miles away in Beit Lahia.
So as more protests against Hamas are starting to take hold in what remains of Gaza...protests led by those calling themselves Gazans as opposed to just being seen as Palestinians...these brave people have made it clear that they are tired of Hamas' seemingly never ending war with Israel, and now want Hamas to leave Gaza. Simply, these voices once silenced now speak loudly and rightfully blame Hamas for failing to bring an end to the war, and the last thing these people need or want now is the shadow influence of a man like Marwan Barghouti to become yet another obstacle to their much wanted peace.
Israel must never release Marwan Barghouti no matter Hamas' promises made or Iran's threats delivered for this one man, who is capable even from prison of stirring the misguided pot of Palestinian discontentment, could well be the lynch pin for seeing the Israel v. Hamas war escalating into a more regional conflict and spreading outward from there. His hatred of Israel and the Jewish people is probably on par with that of Iran which frankly does say it all, for while Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to save a nation, folks like Marwan Barghouti and his supporters are trying to destroy her...one Israeli at a time if need be. Case closed.
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