Khanna Urges Israel to Release Barghouti as Israel Marks Sinwar
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) called on Israel to release Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian leader convicted in 2004 for involvement in attacks that killed five people during the Second Intifada. Khanna argued Barghouti could be a unifying, secular figure capable of helping deliver a Palestinian state at peace with Israel, while saying release would not amount to a pardon or moral absolution. The article also notes Israeli reasons for excluding Barghouti from Gaza prisoner exchanges and marks remembrance of Yahya Sinwar.
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Rep. Ro Khanna’s appeal centers on Marwan Barghouti, a Fatah figure arrested in 2002 and convicted by an Israeli court in 2004 over attacks that killed
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