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The Truth About Marwan Barghouti

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24.08.2026

An arch-terrorist is the new heartthrob of the beautiful set.

When the Israeli government first released people associated with the March 21, 2002, suicide bombing in which my son and I were injured, I wondered if they would have let the same people out if some of the victims had last names like Rabin, Peres, or Netanyahu. Justice is a fickle thing, and what may be justice for you is not necessarily justice for somebody else. Look at Hunter Biden (it’s okay to squint). He should be in jail for drugs, or on a gun charge, or for his money schemes to get rich off the Big Guy, or for his failure to pay taxes. But he is not in jail, and his “presidential pardon” was essentially a blank piece of paper with the only recorded actual signature made by the hand of Joe Biden. It’s easy having two-tiered justice; just ask the British who used to call their bland prime minister Two-Tier Keir.

Just as indigestion may periodically afflict a person, the calls to release mass murderer Marwan Barghouti come in waves, the most recent involving actors in Marvel movies demanding the release of the PLO killer. I wonder if those Hollywood clowns would sign the request for his release if they knew that he had ordered an attack that had killed their loved ones. If their spouse was dead and Barghouti stood at the top of the terror chain in the attack, would they still man up and demand his release from Israeli prison? I have a feeling that they wouldn’t. The Kennedy family lawyers are always present at every hearing for Sirhan Sirhan and have made sure that he never sees parole for his murder of RFK Sr. It’s easy to ask for the release of a killer when one has no skin in the game.

Historically, there have been individuals on both sides of good and evil who could be described as irreplaceable. When the U.S.........

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