This is not an easy post to write.
As our readers know, I am a dedicated Zionist and strong supporter of Israel. It is with a heavy heart, then, that I must report a development today that will probably make the life of one Palestinian a truly living hell.
Earlier today, Israeli forces in Ramallah captured a Hamas terrorist by the name of Maher Ouda. Ouda is in his mid-forties and accused of being involved in the murder of at least 10 Israelis and possibly as many as 70 Israelis.
Well, tough luck for Ouda because now he’s really going to suffer. In an Israeli prison.
How do I know this?
Because today, Marwan Barghouti, the Fatah terrorist leader widely held to be the “Nelson Mandela” of the Palestinians who will apparently merely need to be released in order to bring them to some sort of, uh, holy land, showed the world what it means to be incarcerated in an Israeli jail for the murder of four Israeli civilians and the attempted murder of one.
Yes indeed. Today, Marwan Barghouti completed his doctorate.
He has finished his thesis and other obligations!! He is going to be considered by a faculty committee at an Egyptian university as to whether he has completed all of his obligations towards a Ph.D.
Now at this point, you’re thinking, “Those horrid, vicious Israelis must have broken his thumbs so that he had to type with eight fingers.” Nope, it doesn’t say that in the story.
Maybe you’re thinking, “Surely some NGOs financed by Naomi Chazan’s New Israel Fund are planning to sue the Israel prison system for “shaking” Barghouti until all his knowledge spilled out.” Nope, as far as I know, the NGOs are busy undermining Israel with important accusations.
Your mind is telling you, “Well, hell, of course he had time to finish a doctorate, what else is he going to do?” Well, Israeli prisons permit conjugal visits, just ask Samir Kontar, the Lebanese terrorist and murderer who killed a little girl after murdering her dad in front of her and forcing her to watch. Yup, Samir got married and had conjugal visits during his horrendous stay in an Israeli prison.
Now you’re thinking, “Get outta here!”
Nope. It’s all true and I’m staying.
How did Barghouti get his degree?
Barghouti, 50, is one of several hundred Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons who enroll in studies at universities around the world, including in Israel.
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Barghouti was able to complete his thesis with the help of hundreds of books and documents that Israeli authorities allow inmates to bring into prison.Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are currently enrolled as students with the Open University of Israel, which facilitates their studies by allowing them to sit exams in jail.
You’re thinking, “Sure, only ‘hundreds’ of prisoners are enrolled in university studies, but there are thousands of Palestinian prisoners. Ha!”
Maybe so, but some are still completing their high school studies. They’ll have opportunities in future arrests, especially if murder is involved.
That’s right, all you need to do is murder or plan to murder some Israelis and then you get to study for a number of years, generally uninterrupted except for the pesky conjugal visits or management duties for your in-prison political machinery that influences Palestinians outside prison.
And you don’t really need to worry about the 4 life sentences imposed upon you by the dastardly Israelis because at some point a live or dead Israeli soldier will be traded for your release and that of a thousand or so others. It’s not a question of “if” but “when?”
The sweetest part of the story is that it’s obvious that Israel wants to help the international community support the Palestinians as much as possible. Sure, the Palestinians get billions of dollars in aid from UNWRA and other bodies, but they don’t need to waste that money on things like education. After all, the Israelis will take care of any gaps. You didn’t believe me about the high school studies, but now you will:
Barghouti, who is also a Fatah member on the Palestinian Legislative Council, completed his high school exams while in Israeli prison in 1980.
See? I told you this was a painful post to write. I can only imagine the pain Maher Ouda is going through right now as he decides whether to apply for an MA degree. Poli Sci or Sociology? If only the Zionist occupiers would stop with the newspapers, television and radio available in Arabic, Hebrew and English and start offering cooking and yoga classes!
And yet…
“Dr. Marwan Barghouti.”
It has a nice ring to it.
Dr. Marwan Barghouti Thanks His Jailers for Their Kind Offer to Subsidize His Education
Sometimes I question the internet and what is posted? Honestly the internet used to be like a different place, recently though it has turned around. What do you think?
Im not able to view this website properly on firefox I believe theres a drawback
Oh good! The UN Against Torture site picked this up!
just wanted to say i love this post. it’s a classic jewlicious at its best.
thanks tm
I admit that I kind of got impatient reading in the beginning, because “well, how horrible?”
You got me; and it is one of the most unbelievable information about the Israeli people I’ve learned so far.
Even our wounded American soldiers don’t get treated in such a special way when they come back home; with missing limbs or an eye or two. Ever heard of Walter Reed hospital, complete with mildew and all?
This is good information. Thanks.
“You’re thinking, “Sure, only ‘hundreds’ of prisoners are enrolled in university studies, but there are thousands of Palestinian prisoners.
Maybe so, but some are still completing their high school studies.”
Le smirk.
Excellent piece. Kudos.
Great post. Pathetic situation.
Compare and contrast what the captured Hamas terrorist Maher Ouda will get — with the daily life for Hamas-enslaved IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.
I can find no better quote so apropos, especially if I’m going to honor the life of Peter Graves: “Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?”