Palestinians back Marwan Barghouti for Nobel Prize

[shira]

An attempt to legitimize and legalize murdering random Jews wherever they stand.

Ramallah, Occupied West Bank - Palestinian rights groups, parliamentarians and party officials have launched a global campaign to nominate Marwan Barghouti - a prominent Fatah leader serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison - for the Nobel Peace Prize.

The campaign, kick-started at the now-defunct Palestinian Legislative Council in Ramallah on Tuesday, is aimed at drawing attention to the plight of Barghouti, also a parliamentarian, as well as approximately 7,000 Palestinians incarcerated by Israel, according to Fadwa Barghouti, the Fatah official's wife.

"This nomination is important because it says that the Palestinian people have a legitimate right to free themselves from the Israeli occupation," said Fadwa Barghouti, who recently returned from Tunis, where its parliament announced its support for nominating the imprisoned leader for the prize.

"Israel calls Barghouti and the rest of the prisoners terrorists; this nomination says otherwise," she added.

more...
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/04/palestinians-marwan-barghouti-nobel-prize-160413193700928.html


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Hamas handing out candy celebrating recent bus terror attack:

https://twitter.com/AmichaiStein1/status/722150992012320768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Classy.

Maybe the bomber deserves a Nobel too.

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1. Nobel nominations aren't made like that

From Wikipedia:

Nomination forms are sent by the Nobel Committee to about 3,000 individuals, usually in September the year before the prizes are awarded. These individuals are generally prominent academics working in a relevant area. Regarding the Peace Prize, inquiries are also sent to governments, former Peace Prize laureates and current or former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The deadline for the return of the nomination forms is 31 January of the year of the award. The Nobel Committee nominates about 300 potential laureates from these forms and additional names. The nominees are not publicly named, nor are they told that they are being considered for the prize. All nomination records for a prize are sealed for 50 years from the awarding of the prize.

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2. If they're willing to cheapen the Law by playing political games with it, why not the Nobel? n/t