this mass-murderer of Jews! NEVER!

what a brilliant idea. I am certain this would lead to peace. I am sure that he has had so many years of remorse thinking in jail only of how to bring a solution and peace to the region. He probably did nothing but think of how to end the terrorism and hatred of Jews and Israel all of those years. The fact that he himself has masterminded many terrorist attacks and murders is a thing of the past. I love the leftists they make it so easy for us normal people

Do you think we should we learn from the UK? You violated the mandate and turned our land over to Arab settlers, actively helping with ethnic cleansing of Jews. You purposefully prevented the Jews from escaping Europe in the Second World War. You butchered the Irish to break their spirit. You attacked the Libyans to seize their oil. You occupy Afghanistan for no reason, and supply the Jihad in Syria with weapons. You keep a massive nuclear arsenal although no one threatens you. Perhaps you should look at yourself before you criticize others.

poets should concern themselves with writing beautiful poetry rather than with affairs of state which require grounding in reality. the idea of freeing berghouti has been advocated for by the farthest of the left, such as chomsky, for years. these people have a distinct lack of understanding of morality and of arab mentality.

Emotions push us to make mistakes. Barghouti is a serial killer. Israel already made the same mistake by given chance to the murderers like Arafat, and other Fatah and Hamas members to improve and rehabilitate. And that's the main cause of unsuccessful negotiations. As long as Arabs will see the creation of another Arab state as a new step closer to distraction of Israel there is no matter who will be their spoke person.

for one reason, ANY undertakingf that is dependent on one person only is an undertaking that is deeply ion trouble and is probavly fatally flawed. also, he is a filthy murderer.

Has the writer of this article studies past grade 6? DSoes he know History? Besides the fact that Bargouti is EVIL & a MASS MURDERER who cannot be trusted, can you rely on any single arable to bring peace? does the writer want to take onother chance & have his own chilren murdered? I think not!!! The writer of this article is either selfish or just plain IGNORANT!!!

I don't understand how did you get the right to publish your opinion. Don't get me wrong, you have your right to have your own opinion. Everyone has this right. But not everyone is so lucky as you to having it published. Unfortunately Ynet is echoing ( and not the first time on this matter) Haaretz. Barghouti is not a freedom fighter. He is a serial killer. It was established by the court. Here must be the end of any negotiations about this person.

Read the talkbacks. They make more sense then you do. Why not bring Arafat back from the dead, he was such a man of peace too. Especially after Barak offered him everything, how many thousand were killed? You need to go back and take your meds.

One of those Israelis that so graciously and generously forget the blood spilled by thousands of his compatriots and are anxiously willing to repeat the same mistake over and over again and spill the blood of some thousands more. Even these weaklings know that real peace is impossible with the fakestinians, a people created as a tool with the only purpose of destroying Israel. So why they insist in offering the blood of their compatriots and put everything Israel has created in mortal danger? There´s something unspeakably perverse nesting in their minds.

For what? Israel gave the Sanai for Morsi and the MB. Israel gave Oslo negotiated borders and weapons to PLO for Intifada. Israel gave Lebanon security strip for Hezbollah war and murder. Israel gave Gaza to Hamas for rockets and missiles, murder and a new harsh reality on the ground. Now this genius wants to free a murderer and someone who has the intent and desire to eliminate Israel entirely. For peace??? This is beyond any reasonable thought. Stop the madness. This writer ignores history and present reality on the ground. It is time for unbending strength. The Arabs need to be wondering what they will lose, not what they can gain in any political discussion. Enough already!

Some people learn, some people do not. Oslo brought Israel over 1000 dead Israel citizens. Borgeghti would not bring peace but would lead the 3rd Infatida against Israel. This article is simply advocating repeating the mistakes of the past. Einstein call this insanity.

Barguti supporters see him as some kind of palestinian Nelson Mandela or Gandhi when fact is he is just another terrorist. Bargouti is responsible for the death of many Israelis. The so called Prisoners Document which he helped draft whilst in prisoon says "armed resistance" is a legitimate form of resistance, when was the last time Nelson Mandela Gandhi said anything like that? What the palestinins need is the younger generation such as Mohammed Dahlan who is pure politician ( not revolutionary ), he was critical of Arafat, speaks hebrew and is generally liked by the IDF top brass. Revolutionaries are not the kind of people you want to do business because they have dedicated years fighting for a cause whilst a politician did not so he is not as emotional about it. Bargouti was sentenced by an Israeli civilian court he is not under military detention and so he should rot.

I wonder why ynet values this nonsense as a valid article for posting. I guess it matches its agenda of left liberalism lunacy.

These leadership is was and remain rotten. Let us try to support the decent ordinary Palestinian citizens.

That he was a fervent supporter of Arafat's walkout on the Camp David talks between Arafat and Barak and has admitted on public record that he will settle for no less than ALL of the territory in the 1949 armistice lines, right of return and control over East Jerusalem. Negotiations with Marwan Barghouti will be no more fruitful than they were with Yasser Arafat or have been with Mahmoud Abbas. Why would we want to free a man who is on record as saying he wants it all? Where's the compromise?

Just like #8, your brain is switched off. Unless of course, both of your examples describes terrorists, which in this case is true.

What an insane idea. There is no end to the radical ideas of the left. The next demand will be to unlock all the prison doors and let the killers continue with their evil work. This killer should have been hanged! He is trash and evil. To release him is to reward his evil deeds and shows absolutely no respect for Jewish life or the Rule of Law.

pirhaps the most ludicrus idea I have ever read. Madness

You relentless pursuit of Marxist Utopia remind me of the Commie Jews in the old E. Europe. They hated the concept of a future Israel, instead Yevsektsiya people (USSR Communist Jewish fraction) created a "new" Jewish socialist "homeland" called Birobidjan in Eastern Siberia.

Freeing Barghouti is not a new idea. It's an old and still stupid idea. Want to think out of the box? Look at what HaBait Hayhudi wants to do in the west bank. I'd like to try that instead.

Your imagination is more far-fetched than mine! Only someone in the good old American McCarthyite tradition could make the fanciful leap to conclude that I am a relentless pursuer of a Marxist utopia. I am wary of all utopian ideologies since, as we have seen, they either lead to grave disappointment or to a defence of the indefensible. Real support for Israel requires a capacity to be critical of previously held positions and to think and act creatively. Finally, in an era of globalisation, it is strange to be damned as an internationalist. Isolationism is as dead as communism.

The writer has some talent, but he'd do all of us a favor if he used it to write fiction.

The mentality of levant in full hefker form Mr. Amnon., that's why Israeli PR doesn't work for lacking of resolution entangle in ideology and politics, live getto mentality and do the justice.

I think your retort is directed at my post at No.11 rather than No. 1 (poor guy). Your main offence is the same as other mindless talkbackers who regard me, and others, as spokespersons for the countries in which they happen to reside. Despite the fact you are apparently doubly Israeli I would not dream of assuming that you are the embodiment of all of Israel's policies and actions, both past and present. Mind you, your purple prose and use of unashamed hyperbole might test the patience of even the most anti-establishment Brits!

I can't tell whether the author is just stupid or is in actuality a traitor. There is a concept in the law known as criminal negligence. Releasing murderers and entrusting them with decisions of war and peace crosses the line from recklessness into criminality. After the thousands of dead Jews since Oslo, these crackpot ideas may be properly labeled as treason.

Baghrouti is popular among Palestinians for the same reason Hitler was popular in 1930's Germany. Keep him in prison for everyone's best interest