Abdallah Barghouti himself pleaded guilty and told the court he "did this to kill as many Israelis as possible". He was rewarded in December 2004 with a sentence of 67 life-terms in an Israeli prison (report). In a later interview, he said:
I do not accept responsibility for their deaths. I feel pain, of course. They are little children. But the government of Israel is solely responsible.
In the Arab world Abdallah Barghouti is a hero, and that explains why peace will never come in our time. |
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