SEVERAL YEARS LATE, BUT NOT TOO LATE:

Israel Mulls Releasing Uprising Leader To Abbas (Javno, 2/15/09)

Israel could release Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouthi to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction before any prisoner swap with Hamas, an Israeli political source said on Sunday.

He's more use to Israel in Palestine than in prison.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 15, 2009 5:10 PM