Newsweek magazine has added more evidence that Fatah terrorists released last week by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert still have access to their weapons, in violation of terms of the release. Newsweek reporter Kevin Peraino wrote, "I found [Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades] boss Zacharia Zubeidi, sitting under a carob tree, chain smoking L&Ms, and otherwise doing nothing. 'We're just like the rest of the army. We have no duties.'... Despite the fact that Aqsa militants in the West Bank made an elaborate show earlier this week of turning in their Kalashnikovs and pledging to support for Abbas, Zubeidi made it clear that he still has access to his old weapons."
The article, which centered around jailed arch terrorist Marwan Barghouti, detailed a recent visit to his jail cell by former Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh (Labor). Sneh spent two hours talking with Barghouti and concluded, "I was profoundly convinced that his place was not in jail."