Minister of Public Security Gil'ad Erdan said, Tuesday morning that he has instructed the Israel Prisons Service to carry out an investigation on the publication of an opinon piece by murderous terrorist Marwan Barghouti in the New York Times.
Interviewed by Israel Defense Forces Radio, Erdan said, "I certainly see the publication of the article as a grave failure." He also said, "The isolation and transfer of Barghouti to a prison in the north is not related to the publication of the article, but rather to the fact that he is rebelling and leading the prisoner's strike."