Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Thursday visited the high-security prison cell of Marwan Barghouti , the former head of the Tanzim terrorist group serving multiple life sentences for the murder of five Israelis and other crimes.

Standing alongside Israel Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi at the Gilboa Prison, Ben-Gvir told Barghouti in Hebrew: “You will not defeat us. Anyone who harms the people of Israel, anyone who murders our children and women—we will wipe them out. You need to know this. It has been this way throughout history.”

Barghouti, 66, one of the most notorious figures of the Second Intifada, was arrested and convicted in 2002 for orchestrating a series of terrorist attacks against Israelis. In 2004, he was sentenced to five consecutive life t

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