A French town reportedly has extended honorary citizenship to a jailed Palestinian terrorist leader.
Pierrefitte, a district north of Paris, decided last month to make Marwan Barghouti an honorary citizen, Ma'ariv reported Wednesday. Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences for masterminding Al-Aksa Brigade attacks against Israel.
The newspaper quoted Mayor Catherine Hanriot, a member of the French Communist Party, as saying that Barghouti "pays day after day for his political commitment."
French Jewish groups have contested the decision.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
JTA: French town names Barghouti honorary citizen
Well, throw me out the window and shoot my kneecaps if those French aren't just the most annoyingest things, the non-Sarkozy-voting ones anyway:
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