Israeli occupation is root cause of Palestine conflict - Marwan Barghouti

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Israeli occupation is root cause of Palestine conflict - Marwan Barghouti

Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem
Sunday 11 October 2015 17.02 BST

Imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti on Sunday delivered an impassioned plea to the international community to tackle the root causes of violence between Palestinians and Israelis, as he praised the “new Palestinian generation” for resisting the Israeli occupation.

In an article for the Guardian written from his cell in Hadarim prison – his first for an international publication since 2002 at the height of the second intifada – Barghouti said he was pleading with the world as then to “to deal with (the violence’s) root causes: denial of Palestinian freedom”.

The intervention by Barghouti – whom many Palestinians view as a potential future president – comes before a meeting later this week by representatives of the Quartet – United Nations, the US, the European Union and Russia – attempting to mediate a peace deal, and amid a mounting toll of death and injuries on both sides.

In comments supporting the recent wave of protests, he wrote: “This new Palestinian generation has not awaited reconciliation talks to embody a national unity political parties have failed to achieve, rising beyond political divides and geographic fragmentation.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/11/israeli-occupation-cause-of-palestine-conflict-marwan-barghouti

[Little Tich]

1. The occupation has won and the two-state solution is dead.

It's ironic somehow that the only Palestinian leader Israel could trust is in jail.

[geek tragedy]

2. The Israelis want the PA leader to function as member of the PM's cabinet.

But they totally believe in a two-state solution!