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Jailed Fatah official Marwan Barghouti. (Reuters)

Israeli Official: Barghouti Should Have Been Served a Death Penalty

by Kifah Ziboun and Nazir Majli | Apr 19, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah, Tel Aviv – On the second day of hunger strikes in Israeli prisons, officials attacked strike leader Marwan Barghouti, saying that Israel should have executed the head of the central Fatah committee a long time ago. Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli...

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 26, 2014. (EPA/Justin Lane)

Palestinian UN statehood resolution to be amended: sources

by Kifah Ziboun | Dec 23, 2014 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Palestinian leadership has agreed to make amendments to the statehood resolution it submitted to the UN Security Council on Wednesday before a vote by the Council due by the end of the year. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, Palestinian...

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Fadwa Barghouti (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Barghouti’s release a “priority” for Abbas, says prisoner’s wife

by Michel Abu Najm | Apr 15, 2014 | Middle East

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas remains committed to securing the release of popular Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, a “priority” for his government, according to Barghouti’s wife. In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat in Paris...