When Marwan Barghouti (pictured) was the top vote-getter in Fatah primaries, AP‘s ambiguous coverage left us scratching our heads:
Barghouti supports peace negotiations with Israel and before the outbreak of fighting in 2000 had close ties to Israeli leaders. However, he also advocates the use of force, including shooting attacks on Israeli settlers and soldiers, to try to drive Israel out of the West Bank.
At least AFP was unmistakable:
Barghuti’s wife Fadwa said the primary results were an endorsement of the armed uprising.
In 2002, a civilian court convicted Barghouti for his involvement in several terror attacks, sentencing him to five consecutive life terms.
