Tunisian - Jewish lawyer to represent Marwan Barghouti
(8 Sep 2002)
1. Wide shot of press conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (French) lawyer Gisele Halimi:
"In fact, we put them in prison and we put the entire Palestinian cause on trial."
3. Cutaway
4. SOUNDBITE (French) lawyer Gisele Halimi:
''It occured to me that there are common trends with the war in Algeria, I always knew that Algeria would become independent and I think that in the near future, through the process of political dialogue, that the occupation will end.''
5. Cutaway
6. SOUNDBITE (French) lawyer Gisele Halimi:
''There are many common things between Palestinians and Israelis, you know I am originally from Tunisia, and I love my Tunisian origins and my country, and I am Jewish, and I always think there is nothing closer to a Tunisian Jew than a Tunisian Muslim.''
7. Wide shot of press conference
Tel Aviv - FILE (14/8/02)
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Marwan Barghouti:
''I am peaceful man, who believes that the only way to peace is through two states for two people.''
9. Pan to media
STORYLINE:
Gisele Halimi, a Tunisia-born Jewish lawyer who made a name for herself by defending Algerians fighting French rule, says she will represent Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti at his trial in Israel for alleged terrorism.
Halimi, 75, said at a press conference in Jerusalem Sunday that she had already met Barghouti in prison for an hour and he agreed that she should defend him at his next court appearance, on October 3.
Halimi, who is a French citizen, said the Israeli charges against the Palestinian leader are not backed by hard evidence.
In Barghouti's defence, she quoted work he submitted for a master's degree in political science in 1998 where he speaks of "two peoples, two free and independent states."
She said Palestinians should adopt some of the tactics of Algerian insurgents of the 1950s, among them strikes and mass demonstrations.
She added that she believed it was possible for Israelis and Palestinians to live together, side-by-side. That belief, she said, was based on her experience as a Jew in Tunisia.
During a brief but stormy court appearance on Thursday, Barghouti represented himself and challenged the Tel Aviv court's right to try him, saying he is being prosecuted for his political activities.
Israel says it has evidence linking Barghouti to the murder of Israelis and therefore has the right to try him.
Barghouti, 43, leader of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement in the West Bank, is the most senior Palestinian to be tried by Israel. He is charged with organising attacks that killed 26 people, ranging in age from eight months to 79 years.
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