Palestinian Fatah Leader Marwan Barghouti brutally attacked by Israelis in Megiddo Prison

CAIRO- 27 October 2024: Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, the member of the Central Committee of the Fatah movement who has been detained in Israeli prisons since 2002, and a number of his fellow prisoners were subjected to a brutal attack at the Israeli Megiddo Prison last month: says lawyer for the affairs of the Palestinian Prisoners.

The prison authorities brutally assaulted Al-Barghouthi in the solitary confinement cell on 9/9/2024, using various tools of repression and beating, which caused many injuries to Al-Barghouthi’s body, ribs and limbs. He also suffered bleeding in his right ear, besides a wound to his right arm and pain in his back.

However, Barghouthi began to gradually recover weeks after the attack, during which he suffered from difficulty in movement and chest and back pain.

In August 2024, Hamas has asked to release the imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan El Barghouti and other Palestinian faction leaders in the first round of the prison swap deal. 

Barghouti is a prominent leader in the Fatah Movement and participated in the first Intifada in 1987 and the second Intifada in 2000. He was arrested several times by Israel for his anti-occupation activities and also survived several assassination attempts by Israeli occupation forces.

Bathgouti, who was born in Ramallah in 1959, was sentenced to five life imprisonments for charges of killing five Israelis “being a member of a terrorist organization,” Al Jazeera reported on October 28, 2014.

He speaks Hebrew fluently and studied international relations. He also was elected as a member of the first Palestinian Legislative Council.

Barghouti has been seen as a threat to the current Palestinian Authority led by President Mahmoud Abbas, in case he was released and run for the legislative election of the authority. It is worth mentioning that imprisoned Barghouti has announced a list of names to be competitors to Abbas in the 2021 elections under the title of “the List of Freedom.” His Lawyer Fadwa Baroughti and Late President of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat’s nephew Nasser Al Qudwa, AFP reported on April 1, 2021, submitted the list.