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May 20, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/429937.html

Fatah Leader Barghouti Convicted in Deaths of 26 Israelis

(Ha'aretz)Roni Singer - The Tel Aviv District Court Thursday convicted senior West Bank Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti in the deaths of 26 Israelis. Barghouti, 43, was charged with leading dozens of terror operations, including suicide and shooting attacks that led to the death and injury of hundreds of Israeli citizens and soldiers. According to the charge sheet, Barghouti headed the Fatah, Tanzim, and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade terror groups in the West Bank and was subordinate to Arafat. His trial began in August 2003. The state prosecutor said Barghouti funded and planned terror attacks and is not the political activist he claimed to be.

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