Marwan Barghouti

High Court voids limits on MK visits to security prisoners, rejects Tibi request to meet Barghouti

In a split outcome on the broader issue, Supreme Court President Isaac Amit and Justice Daphne Barak-Erez held that the so-called “factional outline” could not stand.

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not pictured) meet at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, November 7, 2025.

Fatah conference is a 'test' of Palestinian Authority support for prisoners

A Palestinian man walks past graffiti showing Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti in Bethlehem, West Bank.

Abbas's unilateral successor pick sparks fears of division, anarchy among Palestinians

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves as he arrives for the opening the Fatah youth conference in Ramallah on November 27, 2025.

Palestinian Authority's succession struggle: Who will succeed Mahmoud Abbas? - analysis


Paul Simon shattered my dreams: Support for Barghouti is profoundly dissapointing - opinion

Paul Simon's music has enriched many lives and provided joy and inspiration, but many are disappointed by his stance.

PAUL SIMON performs onstage at the 2021 Global Citizen Live concert at Central Park in New York. ‘I find it hard to believe that your father, a professor of education, would have approved of your recent stance,’ the writer asserts.

How Europe turned Jewish visibility into a thought crime - comment

The message is simple, and very old: if you are visibly Jewish, if you defend Israel, if you challenge the narrative that paints Hamas as “freedom fighters,” you are the problem.

Past and present meet in antisemitism. Zvika Klein and Noa Tishby in Paris, two cases with ten years of difference, but the same endings

WATCH: Noa Tishby chased and cursed at Paris pro-Hamas rally

Noa Tishby says activists at a Paris pro-Hamas rally grabbed phones, hurled insults, and chased her while shouting anti-Israel and pro-Hamas claims.

Israel's former envoy for combating antisemitism and delegitimization Noa Tishby.

Hollywood’s latest cause: Freeing terrorists like Marwan Barghouti - opinion

This generation of stars has gone to bat for a man convicted of murdering civilians, insisting that the price of “peace” is his release.

MARWAN BARGHOUTI is tightly guarded as he leaves a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in 2012. He played a leading role in organizing and directing terrorist attacks during the Second Intifada, the writer asserts.

Paul Simon signs letter calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti  

Many of these people signed a petition in September that called for boycotting the Israeli film industry. Unlike them, Simon has not spoken out about the war in Gaza.

The Music of Paul Simon" premiere during the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival at Princess of Wales Theatre on September 10, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario.

Miss Palestine was married, had child with son of Fatah terrorist Marwan Barghouti

A deep dive revealed that Miss Palestine, Nadeen Ayoub, married Sharaf Barghouti in 2016.

Nadeen Ayoub, Miss Palestine

On This Day: Yasser Arafat, PNC, announce Palestinian Declaration of Independence in Algiers

November 15 is also the birthday of Arafat's successor as PA leader, Mahmoud Abbas, who was born in Safed during the British Mandate in 1935.

Yasser Arafat raises his hand as he declares an independent Palestinian state during the PNC meeting in Algiers. November 15, 1988.

Israeli court hears petition to guarantee access to security prisoners by MKs

The petition could redefine the limits of parliamentary oversight in issues of security, detention, and ministerial discretion.

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir argues with MK Ahmad Tibi during a Home committee meeting at the Knesset. October 15, 2024.

More Palestinians support Oct. 7 massacre now than five months earlier, recent poll finds

The October poll also found overwhelming disapproval of Hamas's disarmament and increased pessimism regarding the terror group's victory over Israel.

Israeli soldiers walk out from a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis at the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Hamas, June 8, 2025.

Barghouti’s son contacted Trump for Fatah leader's release, family tells BBC Persian

Speaking to BBC Persian in the West Bank village of Kabar, Barghouti’s cousin said he was “80% certain” that he would soon be released.

Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti gestures before the start of a deliberation at Jerusalem Magistrate's court, January 25, 2012