Arab Barghouti

In the last 15 years, more than 800 Palestinians have been released with life sentences from prison during exchanges like this.

But they always insist on keeping him.

And we have to ask ourselves why.

Because he's not a security threat.

Everyone knows that.

But he's a political threat to the current Israeli government's objectives, which is the full dominance over the land, the expansion of the Israeli state,

occupying Lebanon, occupying Syria, bombing different countries with impunity.

And I think that they understand someone like him, who's a unifying figure, could put them, you know, has the chance to put them in the corner that we can't keep the same excuses.

The Palestinians are now unified.

They have a legitimate leadership, and we've been missing legitimacy in our leadership in general.

And he can bring that.

He can bring

a democratic renewal he can bring a different type of leadership that can really work for for peace but adjust peace because there won't be any peace without the freedom of the palestinian people and what do you believe was behind that short social media clip that people saw of the israeli minister ben gevier confronting your your father

I think it was an attempt to brag about the fact that he's torturing Palestinian detainees.

He wanted to send a message to the Palestinian people that if I can humiliate your leader, I'm sending a message that I can humiliate you all.

which is a shame.

And honestly, it's a shame on Western governments who did not even condemn that.

It's a clear violation of international law.

What's happening to my father, he's a parliamentarian.

He's someone who is widely respected and recognized nationally and internationally, you know, by Nelson Mandela himself said that what's happening with Marwan Barhouti is exactly as what happened with me.