THE PALESTINIAN MANDELA - Uri Avnery
But in private conversations in Ramallah, one name pops up more and more often: Marwan Barghouti.
"He holds the key in his hand," they say there, "both for the Fatah-Hamas and for the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts."
SOME SEE Marwan as the Palestinian Nelson Mandela.
In appearances, the two are very different, both physically and in temperament. But they have much in common.
Both became national heroes behind prison bars. Both were convicted of terrorism. Both supported violent struggle. Mandela supported the 1961 decision of the National African Congress to start an armed struggle against the racist government (but not against the white civilians). He remained in prison for 28 years and refused to buy his freedom by signing a statement denouncing "terrorism". Marwan supported the armed struggle of Fatah's Tanzim organization and has been sentenced to several life terms.
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"He holds the key in his hand," they say there, "both for the Fatah-Hamas and for the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts."
SOME SEE Marwan as the Palestinian Nelson Mandela.
In appearances, the two are very different, both physically and in temperament. But they have much in common.
Both became national heroes behind prison bars. Both were convicted of terrorism. Both supported violent struggle. Mandela supported the 1961 decision of the National African Congress to start an armed struggle against the racist government (but not against the white civilians). He remained in prison for 28 years and refused to buy his freedom by signing a statement denouncing "terrorism". Marwan supported the armed struggle of Fatah's Tanzim organization and has been sentenced to several life terms.
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posted by temporal at 9/16/2007
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