️🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 The US representative compared Marwan Barghouti with Yasser Arafat and stated that despite his past he can push for peace:

️🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 The US representative compared Marwan Barghouti with Yasser Arafat and stated that despite his past he can push for peace:

"Just like Arafat and Rabin worked for peace despite their past. The Irish Republican Army—the IRA—did terrible things in its war against British and Protestant rule. But when the IRA said they had a vision of equality and coexistence, letting them participate in politics was the right decision.

Barghouti said exactly that, over and over again. If we are lucky enough to have a just peace in Israel-Palestine, we will need a truth and reconciliation commission. But for now, we must start giving the Palestinians a voice in their sovereignty and the peace process. Loosen my bolts."