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Barghouti Gave Orders to Palestinian Terror Groups
(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff - Imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti had confessed to giving instructions and money to Fatah terrorist groups that murdered Israeli citizens, according to Israel Security Agency records of his interrogation in April-May of 2002 which were revealed during judicial proceedings. Barghouti, sometimes spoken of as a successor to Mahmoud Abbas, is serving five consecutive life sentences and an additional 40 years for his part in terror attacks. Barghouti confessed to transferring funds, some that arrived from Arafat's office, to leaders of the terror groups. In some incidents he funded the purchase of weapons and in others he received reports on the terror attacks. In one incident - the shooting attack in which an Israeli citizen was killed near Givat Ze'ev - Barghouti confessed that he ordered the attack as revenge for the killing of a senior Fatah official. Barghouti said during his investigation that he chose to take part in the terror attacks against Israelis, among other things, to bolster his reputation in the West Bank. He said his decision was to give him priority over other leaders, who "didn't dirty their hands." He said, "A state should be established and part of the process is bloodshed."