Marwan Barghouti's back in the news, along with the first news report –courtesy The Independent – spuriously labeling him Fatah's "firebrand."
Firebrand?
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Barghouti was convicted in an Israeli civilian court on five counts of murder, which included ordering the 2002 attack on Tel Aviv's Sea Food Market.
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He was a central figure in Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades, a designated terror organization in the USA, EU and Canada.
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An estimated 130 people have been killed in suicide bombings alone carried out by the Brigades.
Sounds like a terrorist to me.
"Firebrand" carries the connotation of someone prone to be provocative, outrageous, and not politically correct. Like, say, Avigdor Lieberman, who is not associated with murder and doesn't have a private militia. Hmmmm. So what makes Lieberman any less deserving of warped Mandela comparisons?
