Marwan Barghouti says prisoner releases are the "core of resistance"

Terrorist Marwan Barghouti, one of the architects of the deadly second intifada, released a statement that"liberation of the prisoners should be considered a core national priority of the march of resistance to the occupation.... as part of the doctrine of national resistance to the occupation."

In a paper he wrote that was read by his wife in a conference, he blamed the current leadership for their failure to get prisoners - like himself - to be released.

The idea that releases of terrorists are conducive to peace is certainly one of the more Orwellian ideas to come out of the failed Oslo process.