(IsraelNN.com) Mass-murderer Marwan Barghouti has submitted his doctoral thesis in political science to Cairo University, thanks to the Israel Prison Service. Barghouti is serving five concurrent life sentences for the five murders he committed or oversaw of which he was convicted. He was acquitted of 21 other murders in 33 other terrorist attacks for “lack of evidence,” but 40 years were tacked onto his prison term for one attempted murder. Barghouti is also the founder of Fatah’s Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigade terrorist organization, and has been mentioned as a successor to Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) as head of the Palestinian Authority. In addition to the above accomplishments, Barghouti has apparently concluded 11 years of doctoral studies in political science. Barghouti’s 341-page thesis is entitled, “The Legislative and Political Performance of the Palestinian Legislative Council and its Contribution to the Democratic Process in Palestine from 1996 to 2008.” It will be brought on Tuesday for discussion before a special panel headed by Prof. Ahmad Yussuf, dean of the Arab Academy for Research and Studies in Cairo University. Barghouti is one of several hundred Palestinian Authority terrorist prisoners in Israeli prisons who are enrolled in studies at universities around the world, including in Israel, and are allowed to study and take their exams while in prison. This is done with the help of books and documents that Israeli authorities allow inmates to bring into prison.
Sunday 14 March 2010
Marwan Barghouti to Get Doctorate
(IsraelNN.com) Arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti, serving five life terms for his role in the murder of over 30 Israelis, is set to become a “doctor”: Barghouti is a candidate a Ph.D from the University of Cairo in Political Science. Barghouti's dissertation discusses the role of the Palestinian Authority's legislative process to democracy in the PA. The dissertation is to be presented to a University committee, and observers believe it will be accredited, and Barghouti awarded with a doctorate. Reporting on the story, the Jerusalem Post added that Barghouti used hundreds of Israeli documents as primary sources for his dissertation.
Hundreds more terrorists are studying for all levels of university degrees, the Post said.
Terrorist Mastermind to Receive PhD. with Help from Israel
by Hillel Fendel Adar 28, 5770 / March 14, '10
Barghout Led War, Not Arafat
Israel Security Agency (Shabak) head Yuval Diskin said in 2009 that it was Barghouti who was the “driving spirit that led the Second Intifada, and not Arafat as many think.” During that terrorist war that began in 2000 and in which nearly 1,000 Israelis were murdered in five years, Barghouti’s Al-Aksa Brigades perpetrated many hundreds of terror attacks, including roadside shootings, suicide bombings and more.
Graduated High School at 20
Israel even helped Barghouti complete his high school exams while in Israeli prison at the age of 20. He later graduated from Bir Zeit University, north of Ramallah, from where he also earned a master’s degree after writing a thesis on Palestinian-French relations from 1967 to 1997.
Marwan Barghouti gets political science PhD in jail
Thesis of Fatah official serving 5 life terms for killing Israelis on Palestinian Legislative Council.
Jailed Fatah official Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life terms in prison for his role in attacks that killed and wounded several Israelis during the second intifada, has completed his doctorate in political science, his supporters said over the weekend.
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.
According to his supporters, Barghouti was accepted by the University of Cairo and the Arab Academy for Research and Studies in the Egyptian capital back in 1999, three years before he was arrested by the IDF.
Barghouti’s doctoral thesis is titled “The Legislative and Political Performance of the Palestinian Legislative Council and its Contribution to the Democratic Process in Palestine from 1996 to 2008.”
The 341-page document will be brought on Tuesday for discussion before a special panel headed by Prof. Ahmad Yussuf, dean of the Arab Academy for Research and Studies.
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.
Barghouti, who is also a Fatah member on the Palestinian Legislative Council, completed his high school exams while in Israeli prison in 1980. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history/ political science and in international relations, respectively, from Bir Zeit University, north of Ramallah. His master’s thesis dealt with Palestinian-French relations from 1967 to 1997.
On May 20, 2004, he was convicted of five counts of murder - including authorizing and organizing the Sea Food Market attack in Tel Aviv in which three civilians were killed. He was acquitted of 21 counts of murder in 33 other attacks for “lack of sufficient evidence.” On June 6, 2004, he was sentenced to five life sentences for the five murders and 40 years imprisonment for the attempted murder.
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