”Pay attention to MEEEEEE!!!!” Trying to court the growing Jew-hating side of the Democratic Party, he won’t go so far as to openly support Hamas, so he leans in to the most murderous member of the PLO, the charming Marwam Barghouti, lodged in Israeli prison with multiple life sentences for his leadership in the Second Intifada.
[IsraelTimes] After acknowledging a possible presidential run, Democrat who represents California speaks out on behalf of prominent imprisoned Fatah terror convict
US Rep. Ro Khanna pressed for releasing imprisoned Paleostinian leader and convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti on Friday, apparently becoming the first US politician to do so.
"I’m calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti from Israeli prison," the Democratic politician said in a video statement.
"Paleostinians must choose their own leaders. Barghouti has a unique standing among all Paleostinian factions. He’s seen as non-corrupt, a strong leader and secular. Barghouti could deliver a Paleostinian state living in peace with Israel," he said.
Khanna, a Democrat who represents Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,’s 17th Congressional District in Silicon Valley, made his remarks on Barghouti after he has acknowledged considering a presidential bid. A Lake Research Partners poll published in May of 2028 Democratic primary voters suggested he’d be a long-shot candidate, where he ranked last.
Last place would be a long shot, yes.
Barghouti, a prominent Fatah figure during the Second Intifada, was convicted by an Israeli court in 2002 on five counts of murder and sentenced to multiple life terms for his role in terror attacks that killed Israeli civilians.
Nevertheless, he is seen by many Paleostinians and some members of the international community 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....> "Releasing Barghouti does not provide him with a pardon or moral absolution of crimes he may have committed. In fact, a number of human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you... groups say he did not even receive a fair trial, but the release is needed to move peace forward — just like Arafat and Rabin worked for peace, despite their pasts," Khanna said, referring to slain former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and late Paleostinian leader Yasser Arafat who negotiated the Oslo Accords.
Back in the day, Israelis still believed the Palestinians honestly wanted peace and their own place in the sun. After 10/7 everyone to the right of Israel’s Antifa understands that as a society the Palestinians want their place in the sun to be everything, and that it be completely saturated in Israeli blood. Perhaps a new generation of Palestinians will be able to persuade the Israelis to trust them, but until then the peace process ain’t proceeding.
The Democratic politician compared the situation to the Irish Troubles, in which the Irish Republican Army, which "did terrible things," eventually was allowed to participate in politics.
Think Nazis, you sad little fool, not IRA.
"If we’re lucky enough to have a just peace in Israel-Paleostine, we will need a truth and reconciliation commission. But for now, we must begin to give Paleostinians a voice in their illusory sovereignty and the grinding of the peace processor. Release Barghouti," he said.
No.
Israel has rejected international pressure to release Barghouti and he was among several high profile Paleostinian prisoners that Israel refuse to free as part of an exchange of Paleostinian security prisoners for Israeli hostages held by terror groups in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... In his last interview with The Times of Israel four years ago, Khanna characterized himself as a "pro-Israel progressive," expressing admiration for the Jewish state’s entrepreneurial prowess. Since then, he’s turned into a prominent Israeli critic in his party.
Running as fast as he can to get in front of the parade.
Khanna has told The Times of Israel that one reason his view of Israel changed, he said, has been the "genocide" in Gaza.
Liar.
Israel vehemently rejects the genocide charges, insisting that it has taken steps to avoid civilian casualties and allow aid into Gaza.
Khanna said the settler violence in the West Bank has also influenced his opinion about Israel.
"After seeing it firsthand, I now view Israel as an occupying power that is engaged in apartheid in the West Bank," said the California congressman.
In July, Khanna said he was detained by IDF-backed settlers for over an hour.
That is also a lie, as blatant as Tucker Carlson pretending to be held by Israeli security at Ben Gurion Airport.
The Israel Defense Forces said troops and coppers intervened after receiving a report of settlers blocking vehicles near Khirbet Zanuta, a small Paleostinian hamlet whose residents were forcibly displaced by violent mostly peaceful settler raids following the 2023 Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... attacks on Israel.
Khanna said he still supports a two-state solution in which Israel can thrive as a secure, Jewish and democratic state,
…that’s nice. How many times have the Arabs in general and the Palestinians in particular rejected that offer? They’d be happy to add two more Arab countries — it’s the secure Jewish state that’s the sticking point for them. And since the Jews already have their secure Jewish state…
but he said that the first step toward that goal is reining in settlers like the ones who stopped his convoy during a visit to the site of a Paleostinian village depopulated by relentless attacks.
About Settler violence:
Did anyone say "settler violence"?
This is a screen shot from an Arab media outlet (Moata) boasting huge numbers of terror attacks in Judea and Samaria during January-august 2026.
And to put the Gaza “genocide” in perspective, check out the graphs and related data tables:
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In July, Khanna said he was detained by IDF-backed settlers for over an hour.
