Israel Convicts Leader of Palestinian Uprising; Barghouti Widely Seen As Potential Arafat Successor

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti, widely seen as a potential successor to Yasser Arafat, was convicted Thursday of ordering shootings that killed four Israelis and a Greek monk and supplying funds and arms for other attacks.

Israeli troops pressed their offensive in a Gaza Strip refugee camp for a third day, killing eight Palestinians, most of them armed, and demolishing several buildings. In the West Bank, three Palestinians were killed by army fire.

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Israel Convicts Leader of Palestinian Uprising; Barghouti Widely Seen As Potential Arafat Successor

The Tel Aviv District Court convicted the 44-year-old Barghouti of five counts of murd...

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