“Israeli” MK: Barghouti must not be freed

Source: Al-Manar TV, 8-4-2007
If Marwan Barghouti is released the government will go bankrupt, "Israeli" occupation Knesset Member Uri Ariel said Sunday morning.
Ariel addressed the possibility that the Fattah official in the West Bank Marwan Barghouti would be released in exchange for the release of "Israeli" soldier Gilad Shalit who was captured by Palestinian fighters during a military operation on June 25 in Gaza. A spokesman for Palestinian PM Ismail Haniyeh`s said that the prisoners swap deal had `advanced considerably` as sources close to Palestinian resistance groups said `"Israel"` must release `serious` prisoners in the first phase of any exchange.
"If it`s true that Barhgouti will be released as part of the Shalit deal - and I hope it`s not - and if anyone plans to release a murderer who received five life sentences in jail, this will be the government`s final failure, and it should quit before going bankrupt," the MK said.
Barghouti was captured during an "Israeli" military operation in Ramallah in April 2002, as part of so called Operation.