2021년 알 자지라 보도. 마르완 바르구티를 팔레스타인의 '넬슨 만델라'로 소개하고 있다.
같은 파타 당원이지만, 아라파트 살아 생전, 그의 행정부의 부정부패를 공개적으로 비판했었다. 2001년 투옥 당한 이후, '파타'의 무능과 부패를 이유로, 새 정당 '미래'를 발표했다가, 파타의 분열을 걱정하는 목소리와 감옥에 있다는 현실적인 이유를 들어 철회하기도 했던 마르완 바르구티.
마르완 바르구티 (Marwan Barghouti-1959년 ) 1959년 라말라 코바 (Koba) 태생. 바르구티 부족. 팔레스타인 ‘파타’ 지도자. 2002년 라말라에서 체포, 자살폭탄 혐의로 이스라엘 감옥에 투옥중 (종신형 - 5회 종신형과 징역 40년 - 2004년 이스라엘 법원 판결 ).
1983년 비르제이트 대학 (역사,정치학) 입학.
제 1차, 2차 인티파다 운동의 지도자.
오슬로 평화협정을 지지했다가 철회로 돌아섬. 2000년 제 2 인티파다 운동. 파타의 군사 조직이었던 탄짐(Tanzim)의 대표.
1차 인티파다, 이스라엘군에 체포되어, 7년간 요르단으로 추방당함.
1996년 팔레스타인 의회 선거에 당선됨.
마르완 바르구티는 아라파트 행정부 부정부패와 치안부의 인권 침해를 비판.
마르완 바르구티의 공식 직함은 서안 지구에서 ‘파타 서기장’.
2000년 데이비드 캠프 (2) 협상 실패 이후, 바르구티는 이스라엘과 협상에 대한 기대를 하지 않고, 대중 투쟁과 새로운 형태의 군사적 투쟁이 필요하다고 역설. 다음 ‘인티파다’를 주창.
마완 바르구티의 대중적 인기는 파타 지도자 마무드 압바스(Mahmoud Abbas)와 하마스 지도자 이스마일 하니예(Ismail Haniyeh)보다 더 높다. 60% 팔레스타인들이 만약 바르구티가 감옥에서 나온다면, 팔레스타인을 대표하는 지도자로 적합하다고 보고 있다.
파타 내부 정치 현실.
마무드 압바스는 2004년 아라파트 사망 이후 대통령직을 승계, 2009년 공식적인 임기가 종료.
2021년 선거가 예정되어 있었으나, 팔레스타인 정부(PA) 지도자들이 취소시켰다. 그 이유로는 이스라엘이 동예루살렘 팔레스타인들의 선거 참여를 거부한다는 것임. 그러나 다른 쪽에서는 압바스가 선거 패배를 걱정해 선거를 취소했다는 소리가 나옴.
이스라엘과 미국은 마르완 바르구티보다는 더 온건파인 후세인 알-사이크 (Hussein al-Sheikh 61세)를 선호함.
2022년 알-사이크는 PLO 집행부 총서기로 임명됨.
현재 압바스 정치노선과 유사한 마무디 아룰 (Mahmoud Aloul 73세). 무장 저항에 반대, 대중 투쟁 선호.
언론보도. 이스라엘 타임즈 2023년 8월 2일자.
마르완 바르구티의 아내 파드와 (Fadwa)와 이집트 외무부 장관 사메 슈크리 (Sameh Shoukry)가 2023년 3월 13일 카이로에서 만났다. 파드와는 남편 바구티의 석방을 요구했다.
하마스와 파타는 '단일 정부'를 수립하겠다고 동의. 그러나 구체적인 로드맵은 아직 없어.
Marwan Barghouti’s wife launches international campaign for his release
Amid discontent over PA President Abbas’s leadership and looming struggle for succession, terrorist jailed in Israel for deadly attacks is widely seen as candidate to replace him
By GIANLUCA PACCHIANI
2 August 2023, 6:59 pm 2
Palestinian Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti is escorted by Israeli police into Jerusalem's Magistrate Court to testify as part of a US civil lawsuit against the Palestinian leadership, in January 2012. (Flash90)
Meeting the Jordanian foreign minister in Amman last week, Fadwa Barghouti, wife of jailed Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti, announced the launch of an international campaign for the release of her husband.
The campaign, called “Freedom for Marwan Barghouti, the Mandela of Palestine,” is scheduled to be launched in Europe, Latin America and South Africa by “solidarity groups” in the next few months. It will attempt to put pressure on the international community for the release of the convicted Fatah leader, who was arrested by Israel in 2002 and is currently serving five life terms for planning three terror attacks during the Second Intifada that killed five Israelis.
At the meeting, Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi reiterated Jordan’s support for the Palestinian cause and expressed his appreciation for the “struggle and sacrifices” of her husband.
Fadwa Barghouti’s trip to Amman is the latest stop in a lobbying tour that took her to Cairo two weeks ago to meet with the secretary general of the Arab League, Ahmad Abu al-Ghait, and previously included meetings with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in March and with Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Bogdanov.
Barghouti supporters within the Fatah party said to the Haaretz daily (Hebrew) that the only chance for his release from prison was for international pressure to be brought to bear on Israel, since a prisoner exchange deal is nowhere in sight; hence Fadwa Barghouti’s tour to lobby the international community to become involved.
Marwan Barghouti, 64, is often touted as one of top candidates to succeed octogenarian Mahmoud Abbas as leader of the Palestinian Authority. He is especially favored by the younger generation, who perceive him as untainted by the PA’s corruption and collaboration with Israel. The latest series of meetings held by his wife were intended to consolidate international support for his possible future candidacy.
Image taken during a meeting between Marwan Barghouti’s wife Fadwa and Egyptian foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry during an official visit in Cairo on March 13, 2023 (via alghad.tv)
마완 바구티의 아내 파드와 (Fadwa)와 이집트 외무부 장관 사메 슈크리 (Sameh Shoukry)가 2023년 3월 13일 카이로에서 만났다. 파드와는 남편 바구티의 석방을 요구했다.
According to a recent poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, Barghouti would win by a large margin against candidates from both his own party Fatah and against Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, making him an appealing choice for a large swath of the Palestinian electorate.
Palestinians have known no other leader than Mahmoud Abbas since he took power in 2004 following the death of Yasser Arafat, even though his term officially expired in 2009.
마무드 압바스는 2004년 아라파트 사망 이후 대통령직을 승계, 2009년 공식적인 임기가 종료.
2021년 선거가 예정되어 있었으나, 팔레스타인 정부(PA) 지도자들이 취소시켰다. 그 이유로는 이스라엘이 동예루살렘 팔레스타인들의 선거 참여를 거부한다는 것임. 그러나 다른 쪽에서는 압바스가 선거 패배를 걱정해 선거를 취소했다는 소리가 나옴.
Elections that were scheduled to be held in 2021 were canceled by the PA leader, who blamed Israel for allegedly refusing to allow East Jerusalem Palestinians to vote. Observers believe Abbas has avoided holding elections for years due to fears of defeat.
The question of who will replace the aging president has been debated for years in local, regional and international circles. There is unanimous agreement that the decision on the successor will be made internally inside the Fatah movement.
Israel and the US have an obvious interest in the outcome of that choice, and have expressed a clear preference for Hussein al-Sheikh, 61, a more moderate figure than the combative Barghouti.
Al-Sheikh has risen swiftly through the ranks of the Palestine Liberation Organization to be appointed in 2022 as secretary-general of the executive committee of the PLO.
A picture taken on March 31, 2021, near the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, shows a mural of Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti on a section of the security barrier. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
But Al-Sheikh is perceived by many Palestinians as an agent of the Israeli occupation, given his close ties with Israeli officials.
Another frontrunner is Mahmoud Aloul, 73, deputy chairman of the Fatah party.
He is considered part of the old guard of the Palestinian leadership, and is expected to pursue the same policies and strategies as Abbas, namely that the Palestinians should stick to “popular resistance,” and not “armed struggle,” according to Bishara Bahbah, vice president of the Washington-based US-Palestinian Council.
Second-tier candidates to the leadership include Major General Jibril Rajoub, 69, secretary general of Fatah’s Central Committee;
Majed Faraj, 61, the head of the General Intelligence Service;
current prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, 65;
and Mohammed Dahlan, 61, a former Fatah chief and security minister exiled to the United Arab Emirates after falling out with Abbas. Each one of the candidates has his own network of supporters in the Palestinian territories.
In two recent meetings in Turkey and Egypt, the PA and Hamas agreed to launch a reconciliation process that would eventually lead to a unity government.
The conclusive statements have not been followed by a practical roadmap, and according to some Palestinian commentators, they are unlikely to bear any tangible results.
Observers agree that if no decision on a successor is made within Fatah and among Palestinian factions before Abbas’s demise, the West Bank is likely to fall into chaos, with competing armed militias fighting each other for supremacy.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/marwan-barghoutis-wife-launches-international-campaign-for-his-release/
Marwan Barghouti’s wife launches international campaign for his release
Amid discontent over PA President Abbas's leadership and looming struggle for succession, terrorist jailed in Israel for deadly attacks is widely seen as candidate to replace him
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알 자지라 보도. 2021년 2월 23일.
마완 바구티가 팔레스타인 선거에 출마한다면, 그는 팔레스타인의 넬슨 만델라가 될 것이다.
Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti for president?
If Barghouti runs and wins the Palestinian election, he may well become Palestine’s Nelson Mandela.
Senior political analyst at Al Jazeera.
Published On 23 Feb 2021
23 Feb 2021
An Israeli prison guard escorts jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti to a deliberation at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on January 25, 2012 [File: Reuters/Baz Ratner]
Palestinian politician Marwan Barghouti, who is seen as the leader of the First and Second Intifada, is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison. His intention to run for president in the upcoming Palestinian elections has shaken the Palestinian political scene. If he runs and wins, as recent polls have suggested he might, his victory could reshape the Palestinian cause with great implications for the Israeli occupation.
Predictably, Barghouti is facing a stiff opposition from the octogenarian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is planning a rerun, and from his clique of loyalists in the Fatah party, who have been running the Palestinian Authority for over two decades.
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They have been trying to dissuade Barghouti from running, as they did the last time around, but to no avail. The popular 61-year-old seems adamant, as this may be his last chance to step up and restore the revolutionary zeal to the Palestinian cause.
Barghouti’s detractors, however, claim that he may be driven by personal not revolutionary motives in seeking to win the presidency, as that may secure his release from prison.
This is rich coming from those who for years have benefitted from running the Palestinian Authority and its security services, while the rest of the Palestinians have suffered under occupation.
Still, regardless of his reasons and their motives, the idea of a long-serving Palestinian political prisoner being elected president is a definite game-changer for Palestine and Israel.
Symbolically, nothing represents the bitter Palestinian reality under occupation more than the thousands of political prisoners languishing in Israeli jails. And nothing personifies the struggle for liberty more than the likes of Barghouti, who spent much of his adult life in an Israeli jail or in exile, including the past 19 years.
During the decades of the so-called “peace process”, the Palestinians were told to hold elections as a way to nurture democracy and pave the way for independence.
They did, but in return, they got more occupation, more illegal settlement, more repression and, yes, more division.
Indeed, after more than 70 years of occupation and dispossession, Palestine remains a prisoner of its Israeli jailor.
That is why in the absence of sovereignty and independence, holding elections in the shadow of occupation is no democracy; it is a contest among inmates over the management and, at best, improvement of their incarceration.
Hence, politically speaking, future elections should aim to overturn the status quo, not prolong it.
But that requires a new younger and bolder leadership to replace the old and jaded one that has failed to attain liberty and justice for the Palestinians.
If Barghouti and his multiplying supporters represent change, Abbas and his lieutenants have come to represent political stalemate and the marginalisation of the Palestinian question.
It is perhaps long overdue for Abbas to step aside, not only because of his old age and poor health, but also because his political and diplomatic project has reached a dead end.
It failed to achieve liberation and independence and failed to stop the illegal Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian land from multiplying and expanding since Abbas signed the Oslo Accords in 1993.
He may be hopeful about reviving the “peace process”, with the advent of the Biden administration, but that lopsided process is destined to produce more political paralysis in the absence of a new popular strategy that pressures Israel to reconsider its position.
Diplomacy reflects the balance of power; it does not change it.
The tenacious Abbas may have done all he could, but he failed to safeguard Palestinian unity. It was under his watch that the Palestinians witnessed the worst, most violent split in their history after the 2006 elections, which resulted in Fatah ruling over the Palestinians in the West Bank and the Islamist Hamas ruling over Gaza, until this day.
Last but not least, Abbas has already served 16 years as president, even though he was elected in 2005 for a four-year term only.
All of this begs the question: Why would the 85-year-old Abbas insist on running yet again, when more than a few younger and experienced Palestinians are ready and able to lead?
Clearly, the Palestinian political regime suffers from the same malady that has long plagued Arab regimes throughout the region. It is no coincidence Abbas has vehemently opposed the Arab Spring since its inception.
But unlike other Arab countries, Palestine suffers from both autocracy and dictatorship, otherwise known among Palestinians as Israeli settler colonial occupation.
This is why a change of leadership is urgent and the candidacy of a political prisoner like Barghouti is terribly attractive to so many Palestinians.
But what if Barghouti does run and win? How would he lead from an Israeli prison?
In terms of everyday life, it is the prime minister who is tasked with managing the Palestinian Authority, and Barghouti could appoint any one of the able Palestinian parliamentarians to lead his government.
In terms of the national cause, Israel, the US and others will eventually have to deal with him directly in prison, highlighting the harsh reality of the Palestinian cause, or be forced to release him, which would be a win for the Palestinians.
Palestinian consensus around their very own Nelson Mandela is sure to underline the unmistaken parallel with apartheid South Africa that a growing number of Israelis, Americans, and South Africans have already recognised.
In fact, apartheid was officially instituted in South Africa in 1948, the year Israel was founded on the ruins of Palestine. But when it was finally dismantled when Mandela became president in May 1994, apartheid took hold in Palestine, as Israel used the Oslo Accords of Palestinian “self-rule” to institutionalise segregation and divide Palestine into Bantustans, all “in the name of peace”.
Many Israelis believed in that sort of peace and may be indignant at the prospect of dealing with a political prisoner convicted, fairly or unfairly, on charges of masterminding attacks against Israelis.
But Israeli leaders know better. With so much Palestinian blood on their hands, they are the last to judge this freedom fighter for his record of resistance against the occupation.
For many years, apartheid South Africans also deemed Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC) “terrorists” and saboteurs. Mandela himself was not taken off of the US “terrorism” watch list until 2008.
But when South Africa came under international pressure and its leader, President FW de Klerk, showed the necessary wisdom to release the ANC leader, Mandela became an acceptable and credible interlocutor overnight.
But it was not only Mandela: many freedom fighters, who were accused of terrorism for fighting colonialism, became respected statesmen after independence. Their worthiness was measured only by the worthiness of their cause.
Barghouti, who is fluent in Hebrew and even supported the Oslo Accords until he became disillusioned, just like Mandela, also believes in peaceful coexistence based on freedom, justice and equality.
The Palestinian people are ready to present the world with their own Mandela. But is the world ready to pressure Israel, as it pressured apartheid South Africa, to produce its own de Klerk?
Marwan Bishara
Marwan Bishara
Senior political analyst at Al Jazeera.
Marwan Bishara is an author who writes extensively on global politics and is widely regarded as a leading authority on US foreign policy, the Middle East and international strategic affairs. He was previously a professor of International Relations at the American University of Paris.
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마완 바구티를 석방하라고 요구하는 팔레스타인 시민들. (서안 지구)
