barghouti

A leadership crisis endures—dissatisfaction with Abbas and the PA, Marwan Barghouti leading, and Hamas outpolling Fatah.

Hamas backed out of the agreement and ended up submitting candidates to run, despite briefly claiming they wouldn't, and according to Marwan Barghouti and Mohammad Dahlan [1], and even Hamas themselves [2], Abbas then canceled the elections out of fear his party would lose.

Angela Davis considers them “freedom fighters” and called for Barghouti’s release, referring to him as a political prisoner.

Interesting fact: Omar Barghouti, founder of the BDS movement, is getting his masters degree at Tel Aviv University.

Quote: Omar Barghouti, the founder of the BDS movement, made that perspective clear: “Good riddance!

Israel used ambulances to arrest Marwan Barghouti.

> She has supported confessed terrorist Rasmea Odeh, and called for the release of Marwan Barghouti, a leader of the internationally designated terror group al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.

Barghouti perhaps could be a unifying figure if released, though maybe that wouldn't be a good thing… In any case, lack of unity between Gaza and the West Bank is no excuse to block work towards peace and ending the occupation in either locale.

For example, Omar Barghouti,the BDS founder believes that Jews don't have a right to self-determination, opposes the two-state solution (instead, he supports a single Palestinian state), and has no plan or suggestion for where Israelis should relocate.

Here is the direct quote from Wikipedia, since you're claiming it doesn't say Hamas was running: The March 31 midnight deadline for submissions of electoral lists saw 36 lists officially presented,[69] including: Fatah, led by Mahmoud Aloul[70] Freedom, headed by Nasser al-Qudwa and Fadwa Barghouti, the wife of Marwan Barghouti[71] Hamas (running as "Jerusalem is Our Promise"), led by Khalil al-Hayya[70]...

Angela Davis considers them “freedom fighters” and called for Barghouti’s release, referring to him as a political prisoner.

Quote: Omar Barghouti, the founder of the BDS movement, made that perspective clear: “Good riddance!

Here is the direct quote from Wikipedia, since you're claiming it doesn't say Hamas was running: The March 31 midnight deadline for submissions of electoral lists saw 36 lists officially presented,[69] including: Fatah, led by Mahmoud Aloul[70] Freedom, headed by Nasser al-Qudwa and Fadwa Barghouti, the wife of Marwan Barghouti[71] Hamas (running as "Jerusalem is Our Promise"), led by Khalil al-Hayya[70]...

Interesting fact: Omar Barghouti, founder of the BDS movement, is getting his masters degree at Tel Aviv University.

Israel used ambulances to arrest Marwan Barghouti.

> She has supported confessed terrorist Rasmea Odeh, and called for the release of Marwan Barghouti, a leader of the internationally designated terror group al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.