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    Growing Cabinet Opposition to Freeing Barghouti

    Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov has added his name to a growing list of Cabinet ministers who are against including convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti in the list of terrorists who might be freed for the safe return of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit.

    Misezhnikov, of the Israel Our Home (Yisrael Beiteinu) party, said Saturday, “Barghouti has become a symbol of [Palestinian Authority] armed violence and spilling of blood, and he must not be included in any deal to free Shalit.
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