The Israeli Minister of Public Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, announced on Wednesday that the prisoner Marwan Barghouti, a member of the Central Committee of the Fatah movement, has been transferred from the military prison of Ofer to solitary confinement in another prison. This move was justified by the presence of information about a planned uprising in the West Bank.
In a post on “X,” Ben Gvir, the leader of the Jewish Power party, stated, “I am pleased that the Israeli Prison Service is implementing my very clear policy towards terrorists in prison.” He further explained that Barghouti was moved from Ofer prison located in the town of Beitunia, west of Ramallah in the central West Bank, to an unspecified solitary confinement location.
Ben Gvir pointed out that this action was taken following information about a planned uprising in the West Bank and concluded his extreme post by saying, “The days when terrorists ran the prisons are over.”
On another note, Israeli Channel 13 reported that Barghouti was transferred from Ofer prison to isolation in another prison out of fear of escalation. The Prison Service had received information indicating that he was inciting and instigating a third uprising in the occupied West Bank.
Barghouti was arrested by the occupation authorities in 2002 and was sentenced to life imprisonment (5 life sentences and 40 years) on charges of directing operations carried out by armed groups affiliated with Fatah, resulting in the killing and injury of Israelis.
Despite his arrest and sentencing, Barghouti had a prominent presence in the Palestinian scene from behind the prison walls. He had prepared a formula for the 2003 agreement between Palestinian factions to halt military operations for three months in exchange for the occupation stopping its assassinations and incursions, marking the beginning of his ongoing presence from inside his prison.
