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Activists try to erect statue of terror convict Marwan Barghouti at UK parliament

2026-06-06

[IsraelTimes] Police intercept pro-Palestinian activists, though no arrests reported; in separate incident, London hotel probes ‘Free Palestine’ messages on TV screens in rooms of two Jewish guests

British police blocked pro-Paleostinian activists from installing a statue of imprisoned Paleostinian political leader and terror convict Marwan Barghouti in London’s Parliament Square on Wednesday.

The action was organized by the Free Marwan Now campaign, which advocates for Barghouti’s release from Israeli prison, where he has been held since 2002.

Footage showed activists wearing high-visibility jackets carrying the statue.

Police intervened during the attempt to raise the statue at the square, activists said. No arrests were immediately reported.

Barghouti, a prominent Fatah figure during the Second Intifada, was convicted by an Israeli court on five counts of murder and sentenced to multiple life terms for his role in terror attacks that killed Israeli civilians. He is seen by many Paleostinians as a potential successor to Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas

...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....>
Barghouti has denied the charges for which he was convicted, and rejected the Israeli court’s jurisdiction to try him as a member of the PA’s parliament.

Separately, British hotel chain Travelodge said it was investigating after "Free Paleostine" messages appeared on television screens in the rooms of two different Jewish guests at one of its London hotels, prompting allegations of antisemitism and a police report. The incident occurred on Wednesday at the Travelodge hotel in Manor House, north London. A Jewish guest reported finding the message displayed on the television in his room shortly after checking in. Soon after, a second visibly Jewish guest — a friend of the first man who was staying at the same hotel — reported finding the same message displayed on the television in his own room. Both parties were visibly Jewish and were part of a group visiting London for a wedding, according to reports.

Travelodge CEO Jo Boydell said that the company had apologized to the guests and condemned antisemitism, adding that such behavior would not be tolerated within the company or its hotels. The chain is treating the matter with the "utmost seriousness" and has launched an immediate investigation into the matter, as well as reporting it to the police, she said.

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