Last week, the New York Times published a sympathetic profile of Marwan Barghouti and his wife Fadwa, who have been separated for 15 years. In 2004, Marwan was convicted of and imprisoned for the murder of five Israeli civilians as part of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. The headline was “Fadwa Barghouti is the unflappable voice of a jailed Palestinian freedom fighter.”
In the article, freelancer Shaina Shealy wrote, “Fadwa says Palestinians have a magical love for Marwan. Israelis see him as a murderer who incited acts of terror against innocents. He’s made a name for himself as a freedom fighter, the Palestinian Nelson Mandela — a connection he recently made in a New York Times op-ed. His giant portrait colors Israel’s concrete separation barrier in Ramallah, and tags of his face are spray-painted on walls all over the West Bank.” – READ MORE
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