31/3/2009 - A new poll in the Palestinian street:
Barghouti is the
strongest candidate for the presidential Elections.
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9/3/2009 - A new poll in the Palestinian street:
Marwan Barghouti is the
strongest candidate versus Hamas candidate.
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4/1/2009 -
Appeal to the Palestinian people, Arab and Islamic nations, and the world
free fighter.
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3-5/5/2008 -
New Opinion Poll in PalestineMarwan Barghouti
still in the lead.
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17/3/2008 -
New Opinion Poll in
PalestineParticipation
in the elections will increase if Marwan Barghouti is running
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9/2/2008 -
In the most recent opinion poll in Palestinian
Marwan al-Barghouti, the most popular personal
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27/1/2008 -
Marwan Barghouti the
Palestinian Legislative Council member and the Campaign sending their
condolences for loss of Dr. George Habash PFLP founder and leader
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26/1/2008 -
An opinion poll conducted by the Centre for the Arab world
for research and development on a random sample of 3200 people in period
between 16-18 January, 2008 on the Palestinian situation in general and the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the prospects for peace. The poll also
dealt with the issue of poll early elections.....(
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27/8/2007 - Mallouh the Deputy Secretary-General of the PFLP vests
the campaign.
Abed al-Raheem Mallouh the PLO executive committee member and the Deputy
Secretary-General of the PFLP visited the campaign to Free Barghouti.
The visit came in response to an invitation by the campaign to discuss with
him ways to develop the work of the campaign and its activities.(
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19/8/2007
- A delegation represent the Islamic Movement in Israel visited the
campaign. The delegation was headed by Sheikh Ibrahim Sarsor the Arab
Knesset Member, and other leaders of the movement.
The
delegation met Mrs. Fadwa Barghouti wife of the Palestinian imprisoned
leader Marwan Barghouti, and Mr. Qadora Faris the ex-minister, and Mr. Sa’d
Nimr the Campaign Manager in addition to the campaign activists.
The
delegation expressed their support to the Palestinian leader Marwan
Barghouti and the necessity to release him. They discussed the political
situation and the need for Marwan to help to reunite the Palestinian
factions.
The
delegation promised to escalate the activities for releasing him and all
Palestinian prisoners.
18/8/2007 - Marwan Barghouti still on top of
the latest polls
In the latest poll conducted in the Palestinian territories by the Near East
Center shows that Imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti still in
the lead.
The poll shows that Marwan Barghouti got 42% to be the most capable Fatah
leader. Mahoud Abbas the Palestinian Prisedent got 33% for the same
question.
The same question was asked to the deferent factions and again Marwan
Barghouti appears to be the most trusted among factions.
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26/6/2007 - Bethlehem – Ma’an – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
said on Tuesday that talks are to resume regarding captured Israeli soldier,
Gilad Shalit, once calm returns to Gaza.
Mubarak also said that his security delegation will reenter the strip, once
relative normality returns.
"Once things in Gaza calm down, we will send our security delegation back,
and the negotiations for Shalit will be resumed,” Mubarak told Israeli daily
newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
In an interview with the Israeli daily, Mubarak called for the release of
political prisoner and popular Fatah leader, Marwan Barghouthi.
"Barghouti's release would benefit everyone, not just the Palestinians," he
said.
25/6/2007
-
Abbas
demanded the release of Marwan Barghouti.
Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas demanded the Israeli Prime Minister Olmert to introducing many
steps to ease the suffering of the Palestinian people.
Abbas also demanded the
release of Palestinian prisoners, on top of them the Palestinian leader
Marwan Barghouti, Member of Parliament and the secretary general of Fatah in
Palestine.
Palestinian sources
said that Abbas needs Barghouti to empower Fatah, and to regain its
popularity.
21/6/07
– PSR/
Survey Research Unit: Poll No. 24 - Press Release:Marwan Barghouti is the
strongest candidate for presidency in the latest poll.(Details..)
20/06/07 – Israeli Ministers and political
leaders call for the release of Barghouti.
The head of the Meretz movement, Yossi Beilin, called for the release of
Marwan Barghouti, saying: “In spite of the fact that Barghouti was
responsible for the 2nd Intifada, and his responsibility in that
Intifada was greater than anyone else, we are nonetheless talking about the
most important elected parliamentarian and the most pragmatic and
influential on the Palestinian street. His arrest was a big mistake and an
act of stupidity. Moreover, in addition to his imprisonment, not releasing
him would be an even larger mistake.”
Member of Knesset and Labor Party candidate for the Israeli presidency,
Colette Avital, also joined those who are calling for the release of Marwan
Barghouti. She said: “It is necessary to release him immediately. He is a
moderate person and he will empower the Palestinian moderate current.”
Eitan Cabel, Secretary General of the Ehud Barak-led Labor party, joined
Avital and Beilin asking for the release of Barghouti.
Arab member of the Knesset, Talab El-Sane’ said: “Releasing Marwan Barghouti
is more important now than a financial settlement with the Palestinian
Authority or transferring weapons to the PA, because Abu Mazen dearly needs
a strong personality with wide-spread popularity standing by him. Releasing
Barghouti would be added value to the supporting and empowering the
Palestinian president.”
Minister of Truism and Minister of Internal Security expressed their
rejection to release Barghouti. They said that he should serve the whole
period of his imprisonment.
19/6/2007
- Israeli Minister callas for the release of the Palestinian leader
Barghouti.
Environment
Minister and former senior Shin Bet official Gideon Ezra called Tuesday for
the release of imprisoned Fatah-Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti in order to
support Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
In an
interview with Israel Radio, Ezra maintained that "Abbas is lacking
support." Referring to jailed senior Fatah leaders, many of whom enjoy wide
support in the West Bank, the minister said, "if these people are in
prisons, they must be freed. I would have freed Barghouti a while ago. Abbas
needs able leaders in addition to [current Prime Minister]Salam Fayyad."
Ezra had
said that Barghouti's release could reduce terror and strengthen Fatah as a
moderate factor.
On the other
hand, Israeli Tourism Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch opposed the release of
Barghouti, calling him a "despicable murderer who murdered and was sentenced
to dozens of life sentences."
Avi Dichter
minister of Internal Security also exp[ressed his refusal to release Marwan
Barghouti for the same reasons according to him.
15/6/2007 _
Marwan Barghouti, honorary citizen of Pierrefitte. Pierrefitte, north of
Paris, has extended honorary citizenship to jailed Palestinian leader Marwan
Barghouti. The town mayor Catherine Hanriot was quoted as saying that Marwan
Barghouti "pays day after day for his political commitment.” Following the
announcement, several French Jewish groups announced that they would protest
the decision.
1/5/2007 –
European Parliamentary Delegation visits Campaign to Free Marwan
Barghouti & All Prisoners in Ramallah. The visit followed the
delegation’s meeting with Palestinian President Abu Mazen and took place on
the day prior to their visit to Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Hanyeh in
Gaza. It was an opportunity for the parliamentarians to reaffirm their
solidarity with the plight of their fellow parliamentarian Marwan Barghouti
and that of the 11,000 Palestinian prisoners currently held in Israeli
prisons
26/4/2007 -
Fadwa Barghouti and Sa’d Nimr visit European Parliament (Strasbourg). Marwan
Barghouti’s wife and the manager of the Campaign to Free Marwan Barghouti &
All Prisoners traveled to the European Parliament on 24th April
in order to speak about the plight of Marwan Barghouti and all Palestinian
prisoners at a parliamentary session. They were present on invitation from
Luisa Morgantini (MEP), vice president of
the European Parliament. Also speaking was Pasqualina Napoletano, vice
president of the European Socialist Party. The occasion was an opportunity
for Sa’d Nimr and Fadwa Barghouti to remind parliamentarians of the plight
of the 11000 Palestinian political prisoners (including 39 elected members
of parliament) held in Israeli prisons, as well as that of Marwan Barghouti,
perhaps the most famous Palestinian currently in Israeli captivity. Among
the attendees were Caroline Lucas, David Hammerstein and Helga Trupal of the
European Green Party, Graham Watson, leader of the Alliance of Liberals and
Democrats in the European Parliament, and Francis Wurtz, President of the
European United Left – Nordic Green Left Group..
25/03/2007
– Campagne to Free Marwan Barghouti & All Prisoners meets Ban Ki
Moon. A delegation of Palestinian organizations including the Prisoners’
Club and the Campagne to Free Marwan Barghouti & All Prisoners has met with
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, on the occasion of his Middle-East trip.
During the meeting, the delegation handed the UN Secretary General a
memorandum on the issue of Palestinian prisoners. The meeting was concluded
by a promise from Ban Ki Moon to raise the issue during his meeting with
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
23/3/2007 –
Al-Qassam Barghouti Released. The son of Marwan Barghouti has been
released from Ashkalon prison by the state of Israel. He will remain on
probation while other potential charges against him are examined. His
release has come after 39 months of detention, following which the state of
Israel concluded that witness testimony against him had proved
contradictory.
15/3/2007 –
Al-Qassam Barghouti to be released. An Israeli
military
tribunal has today exonerated al-Qassam Barghouti, the son of the jailed
Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, of charges of participating in a series
of shooting incidents against Israelis. Having held al-Qassam Barghouti, 21,
for over three years, the Israeli court concluded that the witness testimony
provided against him was contradictory. The prosecution has until 25th
March to appeal the decision.
12/3/2007 –
Rivlin will not prevent Barghouti release if elected president. MK
Ruby Rivlin has announced that, if elected Israeli president in July 2007,
he will not veto (by refusing to give the required presidential pardon) a
government decision to release Marwan Barghouti.
1/3/2007 –
Gideon Ezra renews call for release of Marwan Barghouti. One of
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s closest allies, Environment Minister
Gideon Ezra, has once again demanded that the Palestinian leader be
released. Speaking to Army Radio, Ezra said: “If we want to blunt Hamas’
capabilities … and if we ultimately want a civil rather than a religious
government like those taking shape across the Arab world, we have to make a
contribution”.
18/2/2007 -
Palestinian prisoner leaders transferred from Hadarim to new prisons.
Among those
transferred were signatories to the National Conciliation Document of the
Prisoners. Included were: Abdul Khalek Natshe (moved to Nafha Prison),
Sheikh Bassam Assadi (moved to Ashkalon Prison), Ali Assafuri (moved to
Galbou Prison). Also transferred was al-Qassam Barghouti, son of Marwan
Barghouti. Al-Qassam had only been moved to Hadarim Prison one month ago,
where he had been reunited with his father after five years without contact.
He has now been transferred to Ashkalon Prison. The move follows the
success of the National Conciliation Document of the Prisoners as a vehicle
for the Hamas and Fatah to reach an agreement on the formation of a national
unity government and put an end to the Palestinian infighting. It will
ensure that the Palestinian prisoner leaders are no longer able to play such
a significant unifying role in the dialogue taking place between Palestinian
factions.
25/01/2007 –
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres will free Marwan Barghouti if
made President. Former Prime Minister and current Deputy Prime Minister
Shimon Peres has stated unequivocally that if elected President, a race
which he lost to Moshe Katzav in 2000, he would pardon Barghouti. MK Reuven
Rivlin, a Likud Presidential candidate, promised to sign the pardon if it is
backed by the Justice Ministry and the government.
15/01/2007 –
Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh calls for release of Marwan
Barghouti. Describing the elected member of Palestinian Parliament as
“the Palestinian people's most popular leader" Sneh stressed that the
Israeli administration would have to release Marwan Barghouti if it wants to
achieve piece in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
04/01/2007 –
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meets Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
in Sharm el-Sheikh. Talks expected to include potential prisoner
exchange deal between Israeli administration and Hamas, currently being
brokered by Egyptian intelligence. In exchange for Gilad Shalit, Israel said
to be prepared to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, including
senior political figures and long term detainees. Marwan Barghouti believed
to be top of Hamas list of demands.
29/12/2006 –
No prisoner release before the Eid al-Adha. Following stalling in
prisoner exchange negotiations, no Palestinian prisoners will be released
before the new year.
25/12/2006 –
Poll Puts Marwan Barghouti clear favorite amongst Palestinians. A
Palestinian Israeli joint poll conducted by the Harry S. Truman Research
Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah,
between December 11 and 16, 2006, has shown that 57% of Palestinians would
vote for Marwan Barghouti in a presidential stand-off against Khaled Meshal,
who would receive 36%. 7% remained undecided. In addition to this, the poll
showed that 43% of Israelis are in flavor of Marwan Barghouti’s release if
he is deemed to be the right man to negotiate with Israel, whilst 53% oppose
it.
23/12/2006 –
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert. Leaders thought to have discussed several issues, including
release of tax money withheld by Israel. Also believed to have been bought
up is potential prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel, including
release of elected Palestinian Parliament member Marwan Barghouti.
