Trial of uprising leader Marwan Barghouti begins
(5 Sep 2002) VOICED BY VERA FRANKL
00 00 Wide shot crowded courtroom, pans across
00 07 Close up two of Marwan Barghouti's sons
00 11 Daughter of Barghouti (in black t-shirt) pulls back to wide of crowd
00 15 Bereaved Israeli woman holding photos
00 21 Wide shot judges arrive, pull out, zoom to Barghouti being brought into court by security guards
00 33 Barghouti sits down, pull out to wide shot
00 49 Close up Barghouti seated, flanked by security guards, stands up to wave to his children, security guard tells him suicide to sit down
01 04 Barghouti's daughter waving to her father
01 07 One of Barghouti's sons crying
01 11 Jewish man arguing with Arab man
01 20 Scuffles as people leave court
ENDS 01 27
STORYLINE:
In a highly charged atmosphere, the trial of Marwan Barghouti, leader of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, opened in an Israeli court on Thursday.
Barghouti's young family were there as were families of the victims of some suicide bombings which Israel says Barghouti helped organise.
He denies the accusations, saying he is a political leader and has said he hopes to turn the trial into a showcase for what he said were the crimes of Israeli occupation.
Israel, in turn, was expected to try to show a link between the Palestinian Authority, headed by Yasser Arafat, and attacks on Israelis by Palestinian militias.
00 02 The Tel Aviv courtroom was packed ahead of the start of Marwan Barghouti's trial.
00 06 Three of Barghouti's four children were present .
00 11 But not only his supporters turned out.
00 14 This woman's son and her daughter-in-law were killed in a shooting blamed on the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade - a Fatah-affiliated militia.
00 23 Israel has charged Barghouti, leader the Fatah movement, with helping to orchestrate 37 attacks that killed 26 Israelis in the past two years.
00 31 Once the trial started, Barghouti said he did not recognise the court's jurisdiction and would not be represented by a lawyer.
00 38 He said the court did not have the right to prosecute him because he is an elected political figure, not a criminal.
00 46 Barghouti, who is the most senior Palestinian to be tried by Israel, has said he supports driving Israel out of the West Bank and Gaza Strip by force, but that he has not been personally involved in attacks.
00 59 Despite trying to stop him from communicating with the crowd, he repeatedly waved at his children and friends.
01 06 Afterwards the boys were obviously upset and tensions in the courtroom boiled over.
01 11 FX arguing
01 18 Arguments broke out between Arabs and Israelis and there were scuffles as people tried to leave the court.
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