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Ben-Eliezer: Israel should free Barghouti, he is next PA leader

By Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent

Imprisoned Fatah boss Marwan Barghouti will become the Palestinians' next leader, Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer recently told Haaretz.

In a holiday interview with Haaretz - which will appear Tuesday - Ben-Eliezer said that he believed that "there is no reason to become alarmed" by the possibility that Barghouti will be released from the Israeli prison system, where he is serving five consecutive life sentences for terrorist activities.

"I would consider releasing him. I think it's a legitimate move, though I believe that his actions were sinister, and I don't take them lightly at all," Ben-Eliezer said.

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Barghouti has been in prison since April 2002, when he was convicted for a succession of terrorist activities against Israeli civilians in his capacity as the West Bank head of the Fatah-affiliated Tanzim militia. Ben-Eliezer says over the past months he had realized Barghouti is probably the best partner Israel has with whom it can hope to achieve a breakthrough in negotiations with the Palestinians.

According to Ben-Eliezer, Barghouti enjoys considerable sway over the situation in Palestinian Authority from within the Hadarim prison facility.

The minister says Barghouti's pull extends to the preparations for the U.S.-sponsored regional peace summit Washington intends to hold in November.

"We have to find a suitable opportunity to release Barghouti, and we have to link it to the release of Gilad Shalit," the minister said. Ben-Eliezer was referring to the Israel Defense Forces soldier Hamas had abducted more than a year ago from the southern Gaza Strip.

"I know this hard to cope with. But we have to look 10 years down the line, and ask ourselves where we want to go," the minister, who has known Barghouti for many years, said.

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1.	Best chance = no chance at all	05:20	\|	Gili	25/09/07

2.	Use your head for something more than an echo chamber	05:55	\|	Natallie Durson	25/09/07

3.	Barghouti=MURDERER	06:42	\|	THE LIBRARIAN	25/09/07

4.	Release him	07:13	\|	Mahona	25/09/07

5.	this is a 5 time murderer.to free him after 5 years in prison is	07:18	\|	Vogel	25/09/07

6.	Israelies - Getting Dumber	07:57	\|	Tod Zuckerman	25/09/07

7.	Re Natallie #3	08:20	\|	Esther	25/09/07

8.	Re Gili #2	08:24	\|	Esther	25/09/07

9.	Barghouti	08:30	\|	Ron	25/09/07

10.	The talk of as loser -Ben eliezer is overmedicated	08:44	\|	Sal	25/09/07

11.	Ben-Eliezer Is A Symbol of Moral Perversion	08:50	\|	Ben Israel	25/09/07

12.	think b4 u talk	09:07	\|	bull	25/09/07

13.	#Librarian & former terrorirsts	09:23	\|	Ronda Phone	25/09/07

14.	Grasping at straws	09:32	\|	Slibovitz	25/09/07

15.	Wasn`t it oaf Ben-Eliezer who realeased Yassin?	09:40	\|	Absolute Sweden	25/09/07

16.	very bad joke: release convicted killer to appease terrorist org.	09:46	\|	Pavel	25/09/07

17.	WISEST COURSE TO PEACE, INDEED	10:12	\|	Mohamed Malleck	25/09/07

18.	Freedom fighter	10:15	\|	Andrew Watson	25/09/07

19.	Gili	10:21	\|	Walid	25/09/07

20.	this weeks deliberate error fantasy returns to haaretz	10:56	\|	victor hardman	25/09/07

21.	Bargouti	11:20	\|	Barney Panofsky	25/09/07

22.	Mr. Mallek`s comments	11:33	\|	Barney Panofsky	25/09/07

23.	Mr. Mallek`s comments	11:33	\|	Barney Panofsky	25/09/07

24.	ben-eliezer silence would have been better	11:38	\|	disraeli	25/09/07

25.	i ask readers to look at polls on muslims in the uk	11:41	\|	disraeli	25/09/07

26.	4Mohammed Malleck,doubt very much that Barghouti will be released	11:52	\|	lakshmi	25/09/07

27.	ben-elezer and barghouti	12:02	\|	disraeli	25/09/07

28.	WHY DO KNESSET MEMBERS LOVE TERRORISTS THAT KILL JEWS?	12:19	\|	John a gentile	25/09/07

29.	The end of Abbas	12:24	\|	Cynical	25/09/07

30.	Intelligent Palestinian leaders terrify Israel	12:34	\|	Tim	25/09/07

31.	Clear analogy	12:45	\|	Jan Elshout	25/09/07

32.	They should release all of the Palestinian terrorists	12:51	\|	Lurker	25/09/07

33.	"Peace" Extremists	13:00	\|	Michael	25/09/07

34.	Natalie the ever present Islamic Jihadist representative	13:10	\|	Petra	25/09/07

35.	Intelligent Pals? Oxymoron	13:13	\|	Petra	25/09/07

36.	Barghouti is NOT a factor	13:15	\|	Brod	25/09/07

37.	Barghouti	13:21	\|	Kevan	25/09/07

38.	For that comment	13:25	\|	Avi	25/09/07

39.	10Lurker,maybe the 11,000 plus `terrorists` should not all have	13:26	\|	lakshmi	25/09/07

40.	How many Israeli Barghoutis are roaming free in Israel	13:28	\|	Ivar	25/09/07

41.	Tim you are clueless	13:29	\|	Avi	25/09/07

42.	hamas will never release shalit for barghouti	13:34	\|	Igor D.	25/09/07

43.	best chance...!!!!	13:41	\|	ravi	25/09/07

44.	Lakshmi	13:48	\|	Walid	25/09/07

45.	LAKSHMI AND TORTURE	13:53	\|	Brant	25/09/07

46.	JAN EISHOUT: WRONG!!!!!!	13:56	\|	Brant	25/09/07

47.	BEN-ELIEZER ONE OF THE IDIOTS	13:58	\|	M	25/09/07

48.	barghouti	14:02	\|	iletzter	25/09/07

49.	MORE CLUTCHING AT STRAWS	14:07	\|	Ian	25/09/07

50.	criminal minds think alike	14:08	\|	henry	25/09/07

51.	#2 You can`t negotiate with some people	14:12	\|	Gili	25/09/07

52.	and Ben Elierzer was once a Def. Minister, go figure	14:14	\|	moish	25/09/07

53.	Natallie #2, yes, we shall talk to the enemy but	14:14	\|	Scientist	25/09/07

54.	How disappointing you are General Ben-eliezer	14:16	\|	D	25/09/07

55.	the big agent is ready	14:20	\|	kad	25/09/07

56.	Israel should free Amir, he is next Israeli leader	14:28	\|	Samson	25/09/07

57.	To all posters	14:34	\|	Don Camillo	25/09/07

58.	ravi "why is barghouti in jail"	14:39	\|	sonia gandhi	25/09/07

59.	#2 Hamas Is Irrelevant	14:40	\|	Bill Foonman	25/09/07

60.	Petra, #11, unreal	14:42	\|	Pete	25/09/07

61.	Absurd	15:02	\|	Ron	25/09/07

62.	Ben Elizer drinking again?	15:04	\|	r	25/09/07

63.	#41the don and bringing the extremists into line	15:07	\|	victor hardman	25/09/07

64.	ideas, ideas, ideas	15:07	\|	ecr	25/09/07

65.	Natallie Durson # 2 Hamas	15:12	\|	Jeff Northridge	25/09/07

66.	Natallie Durson #2	15:54	\|	Malcolm	25/09/07

67.	Ben-Eliezer	15:58	\|	Roland	25/09/07

68.	@ 2 Durson	16:04	\|	Ralph	25/09/07

69.	lakshmi "HISTORICAL COMPROMISE"	16:04	\|	ravi-lakshmi	25/09/07

70.	Better free Barghouti NOW	16:08	\|	Tosefta	25/09/07

71.	Don Camillo # 46 Find Somebody Else	16:28	\|	Jeff Northridge	25/09/07

72.	BARGHOUTI IS A FREEDOM FIGHTER	16:46	\|	Pipin	25/09/07

73.	Suspicious	16:48	\|	Fed Up	25/09/07

74.	#71 Jeff Northridge	17:24	\|	Labhras	25/09/07

75.	how about this...	17:26	\|	Igor D.	25/09/07

76.	#73 you will have to dig them up to find out ?	17:27	\|	victor hardman	25/09/07

77.	"One man`s terrorist is another man`s freedom fighter"	17:32	\|	Democracy	25/09/07

78.	Bargouti is just like JOMO KENYATTA	17:39	\|	Abdul Hak	25/09/07

79.	Do not be silly Mr. Ben-Elezer	17:41	\|	Mark Lincoln	25/09/07

80.	Ben-Eliezer calls for Barghouti pardon	17:48	\|	Steve	25/09/07

81.	Next President	18:00	\|	Jim	25/09/07

82.	Response to lakshmi (#39)	18:03	\|	Lurker	25/09/07

83.	#76 Victor- Zionism is Alive and Well.	18:08	\|	Fed Up	25/09/07

84.	# 2 Natalie Durston	18:08	\|	Jim	25/09/07

85.	#77 and none of the believed in or followed allah	18:09	\|	victor hardman	25/09/07

86.	#30 Intelligent Palestinian Leaders?	18:33	\|	Bill Foonman	25/09/07

87.	#39 Lakshmuck`s Daily Drivel	18:39	\|	Bill Foonman	25/09/07

88.	#83 lets not forget its all israel and partly occupied by arabs	18:40	\|	victor hardman	25/09/07

89.	Re Sweden #15	18:46	\|	Esther	25/09/07

90.	44Walid,82Lurker,Walid,but ofcourse their pasts,one and all are	18:57	\|	lakshmi	25/09/07

91.	Sharon Is Too Fault as Is Timid Israelis	18:59	\|	Dave Levy	25/09/07

92.	82Lurker(contd.) often subjected to various forms of physical,	19:00	\|	lakshmi	25/09/07

93.	When will this happen?	19:24	\|	John the gentile	25/09/07

94.	Brant # 46 WRONG	19:36	\|	Jan Elshout	25/09/07

95.	# 22 #26 Barney Polovsky, lakshmi	19:40	\|	Mohamed Malleck	25/09/07

96.	John the gentile - Hamas allows attacks on Gazan CHristians	19:43	\|	Polybios	25/09/07

97.	HOW?	19:44	\|	common sense	25/09/07

98.	Labhras # 74 Kangaroos And Geese	19:54	\|	Jeff Northridge	25/09/07

99.	No Jan Elshout, you`re wrong in #94	19:57	\|	Polybios	25/09/07

100.	What hyman roth said to Michael Corleone	19:59	\|	avramele	25/09/07

101.	to 92, lakshmi	20:36	\|	Igor D.	25/09/07

102.	# 97 Common Sense	20:39	\|	Mohamed Malleck	25/09/07

103.	ronda phone	20:40	\|	maria	25/09/07

104.	lakshmi-ravi compare kashmir to the west bank	20:40	\|	ram ram	25/09/07

105.	Ben Eliezer	20:41	\|	sh	25/09/07

106.	lakshmi ravi kashmir west bank compared	20:43	\|	ram ram	25/09/07

107.	ELSHOUT 94: MY REPLY	20:46	\|	Brant	25/09/07

108.	#98 Jeff flumoxed by his own cranial security barrier.	20:51	\|	Labhras	25/09/07

109.	Whats the Magic Number ?	20:56	\|	Dovber	25/09/07

110.	tveira man has a love affair with the dwarf barghouti	21:34	\|	giora	25/09/07

111.	hitler and ireland	21:41	\|	papal bull	25/09/07

112.	#77	22:18	\|	Michael	25/09/07

113.	# 2 All the same plague, Fatmah....	23:08	\|	Misha	25/09/07

114.	I am for freing that pal`n SOB...	23:17	\|	Misha	25/09/07

115.	#85.victor hardman.Terrorists does exist everywhere more so	23:31	\|	Stanley	25/09/07

116.	#88.victor H. Ever heard Balfour declaration?	23:40	\|	Jon B.	25/09/07

117.	#88.victor hardman.What a cheek?	23:57	\|	Dr Brad DPM	25/09/07

118.	Malleck`s cease-fire	00:11	\|	peter	26/09/07

119.	#98 Jeff N.	00:14	\|	Fred	26/09/07

120.	Why Barghouti? Did Al-Kidwa clan miss something they could steal?	00:59	\|	Dr. L. Brnd	26/09/07

121.	#13 Rohnda	01:12	\|	John Allen	26/09/07

122.	#17 Wise course to peace?	01:21	\|	John Allen	26/09/07

123.	General Ben.	01:32	\|	John Allen	26/09/07

124.	#109 Dovber	01:47	\|	Labhras	26/09/07

125.	#30..Tim	01:50	\|	Nemesis	26/09/07

126.	101 Igor D. do your children have to face tanks everyday?	02:08	\|	lakshmi	26/09/07

127.	Marwan Barghouti	03:18	\|	Johnny Weintraub	26/09/07

128.	No, Lakshmi, they face suicide bombers	04:30	\|	Mark Lincoln	26/09/07

129.	Johnny Weintraub	04:32	\|	Mark Lincoln	26/09/07

130.	Disraeli #25, the answer is: noone	04:55	\|	Johnny	26/09/07

131.	Slibovitz # 14	07:42	\|	Philippe	26/09/07

132.	Mohamed Malleck # 17	07:50	\|	Philippe	26/09/07

133.	#115/6/7 acollection of misinformed and	08:31	\|	victor hardman	26/09/07

134.	Barghouti	08:40	\|	Macsara	26/09/07

135.	compared to Hitler	11:55	\|	pause	26/09/07

136.	It tell us a lot ...	22:30	\|	Mauro V Mendlowicz	27/09/07

137.	Thanks G´d, Ben Eliezer can not raise Yassir Arafat from the ash	22:35	\|	Mauro V Mendlowicz	27/09/07

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