Shurat Hadin claims that it is not possible for a convicted terrorist to receive exorbitant benefits while serving five life sentences • Barghouti plans to run for the PA presidency
Marwan Barghouti during his trial // Photo: Reuters
Against the background of Abu Mazen's statement regarding the future of the Palestinian parliament, today (Thursday) the Shurat HaDin organization on behalf of the parents of the late Ronen Landau, who was killed in the 2001 Givat Zeev attack, submitted an urgent letter to the Prison Service demanding a denial of prison visits and benefits. Special.
the letter claimed by the organization of the law, that Barghouti wins the exemptions set sail, IPS administrators excess applicable to security prisoners unreasonably and in consideration of extraneous considerations. This, in addition to granting permission, explicitly or implicitly, to Barghouti to participate in political activities within the Palestinian Authority from within the prison walls, including his candidacy in the framework of the expected elections in the Palestinian Authority for the position of head of the Authority. It is also argued that security prisoners are not eligible to vote or be elected in the Palestinian Authority elections and are not allowed to carry out related activities in the territory of the State of Israel without an explicit permit to do so on behalf of the government.
The late 17-year-old Ronen Landau was killed in a shooting attack in Givat Zeev in 2001, and in this regard, the Jerusalem District Court ruled that the Palestinian Authority and Marwan Barghouti were liable for the murder of the deceased.
This is what his parents, Michal and Shmuel Landau, said today: "It is impossible for Archie, a convicted terrorist with five life sentences, to be able to run an election campaign from within the prison walls unhindered. We demand an immediate halt to the visits and benefits Marwan Barghouti receives at the expense of Jewish victims." .
Adv. Nitzana Darshan-Leitner, president of the Shurat HaDin organization, concluded the letter sent tonight: "My client insists that the prison service treat Barghouti like any other security prisoner serving a sentence for serious offenses he committed, including stopping Barghouti from receiving visits from him on behalf of officials. In the Palestinian Authority or any visit by a person who is not entitled to meet with him in accordance with the rules. He will also not allow Barghouti to participate in political activities from within the prison walls, including preventing him from running in the expected elections in the Palestinian Authority and will not allow him to hold ancillary activities, the purpose of which is to promote his choice within the prison walls. "
