Palestinian Civil Society Watch II - Why Can't Jailed Terrorists Be Ministers Too?
Internal Security Minister Gideon Ezra has announced that Israel won't allow jailed Fatah terrorist Marwan Barghouti to serve as a Minister in the Palestinian government - no matter how many votes Barghouti's mass-murdering reputation brings him:
The government won't allow jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti to serve as a minister in the Palestinian Authority following Wednesday's elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council, Internal Security Minister Gideon Ezra told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. "He won't be a minister from prison. How can he be a minister from prison?" Ezra said. "There is someone sitting in jail who has been elected mayor of Kalkilya. [Do you think] he serves as the mayor of Kalkilya? He is in jail."
Barghouti has a lot of two things: Jewish blood on his hands and popularity among the Palestinian public. Those two things are not, we suggest to you, unrelated. Oh, and he's also committed to preventing any future peace deal with Israel (because, according to him, it would discredit Arafat's legacy). We really don't know why Ezra's banning him from representing the Palestinian government. The symbolism would have been just so perfect.
UPDATE: Terrorists are really popular:
Muhammad Shehadeh, an Islamic Jihad activist from Bethlehem who has been wanted by Israel for 12 years, has become one of the city's most popular candidates for this week's parliamentary election. At the age of 43, Shehadeh is running as an independent because of Islamic Jihad's decision to boycott the vote. His election motto is: "No homeland with injustice."
Shehadeh is not the only fugitive who is vying for the vote. Jamal Abu Rob, one of the senior commanders of Fatah's armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, is also running in his hometown of Jenin. Nicknamed "Hitler," Abu Rob became famous a few years ago for killing Palestinian "collaborators" in public squares.
Seriously - this society is nothing if not ready for a healthy, democratic state. What's so weird is that the New York Times has repeatedly assured us that Hamas's massive popularity is because they're "against corruption" and has nothing to do with terrorism. Which leaves unexplained why all these other terrorists are really popular too.
The government won't allow jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti to serve as a minister in the Palestinian Authority following Wednesday's elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council, Internal Security Minister Gideon Ezra told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. "He won't be a minister from prison. How can he be a minister from prison?" Ezra said. "There is someone sitting in jail who has been elected mayor of Kalkilya. [Do you think] he serves as the mayor of Kalkilya? He is in jail."
Barghouti has a lot of two things: Jewish blood on his hands and popularity among the Palestinian public. Those two things are not, we suggest to you, unrelated. Oh, and he's also committed to preventing any future peace deal with Israel (because, according to him, it would discredit Arafat's legacy). We really don't know why Ezra's banning him from representing the Palestinian government. The symbolism would have been just so perfect.
UPDATE: Terrorists are really popular:
Muhammad Shehadeh, an Islamic Jihad activist from Bethlehem who has been wanted by Israel for 12 years, has become one of the city's most popular candidates for this week's parliamentary election. At the age of 43, Shehadeh is running as an independent because of Islamic Jihad's decision to boycott the vote. His election motto is: "No homeland with injustice."
Shehadeh is not the only fugitive who is vying for the vote. Jamal Abu Rob, one of the senior commanders of Fatah's armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, is also running in his hometown of Jenin. Nicknamed "Hitler," Abu Rob became famous a few years ago for killing Palestinian "collaborators" in public squares.
Seriously - this society is nothing if not ready for a healthy, democratic state. What's so weird is that the New York Times has repeatedly assured us that Hamas's massive popularity is because they're "against corruption" and has nothing to do with terrorism. Which leaves unexplained why all these other terrorists are really popular too.
