Democracy, Palestinian Style
Charles Johnson
Sat Nov 26, 2005 at 8:09 am PST • Views: 415
Convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti has won the Palestinian primary election for Fatah.
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Jailed Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti and other younger activists swept Fatah primaries, signaling a change of generations that could make the corruption-tainted ruling party more attractive to voters in Jan. 25 parliament elections, according to preliminary results released Saturday.
And the winner of the primary in Jenin (buried by the Associated Press in the next-to-last paragraph of their report)?
A guy who calls himself “Hitler.”
Two fugitives from Fatah’s violent offshoot, the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, also secured high positions. The Jenin winner, Jamal Abu Rob, who gave himself the nickname “Hitler,” is wanted for killing several suspected informers with Israel.
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