17/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 17 April, 15 MEPs launched an appeal for the immediate release of Marwan Barghouti, the first Palestinian parliamentarian to have been abducted by the Israeli forces since the outbreak of the Second Intifada. Mr Bargouthi's release, after six years' imprisonment, “would act decisively in favour of national reconciliation” and “his commitment to a just and lasting peace with the Israelis makes him an asset in the ongoing peace process, which...