A French party running for the European Parliament said that if its candidates are elected they will donate their salaries to a convicted Palestinian terrorist. The Euro-Palestine Party, which is running candidates in the Paris region in June 13 elections, said Thursday that its legislators’ salaries will go to support Marwan Barghouti, who was sentenced to five life sentences by an Israeli court last month for his part in terrorist attacks against Israelis.
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