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Marwan Barghouti

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026. (Ramil Sitdikov / POOL / AFP)
June 15, 2026, 8:23 am
PA’s Abbas says oft-canceled presidential elections to be held in 2027
Palestinian Authority’s leader has now remained in power for 20 years, 15 years beyond the original date on which he was due to seek re-election
By Nurit Yohanan
Marwan Barghouti, center, raises his handcuffed hands in the air on the opening day of his trial in Tel Aviv, Aug. 14, 2002. (AP/Brennan Linsley, File)
June 5, 2026, 6:57 pm
Activists try to erect statue of terror convict Marwan Barghouti at UK parliament
Police intercept pro-Palestinian activists, though no arrests reported; in separate incident, London hotel probes ‘Free Palestine’ messages on TV screens in rooms of two Jewish guests
By Zev Stub
Zakaria Zubeidi, a former commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, poses with a supporter in Ramallah on May 18, 2026, as initial results emerged from the Palestinian movement's first congress in a decade. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
June 1, 2026, 8:05 am
In shift, Fatah opens leadership vote to terror convicts freed in hostage deals
May conference confirms influence of hundreds released in deals for Gaza hostages — including many who were serving life sentences for deadly attacks — allowing them to cast ballots and win seats on bodies that guide the PA
By Nurit Yohanan
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, flanked by his two sons Yasser (L) and Tarek (R), gives a short statement before leaving a hospital near Ramallah in the West Bank on May 28, 2018. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
May 17, 2026, 4:39 pm
Early results in Fatah leadership vote show Abbas’s son, intelligence chief elected
Millionaire Yasser Abbas expected to get seat on party’s powerful Central Committee, as will Zakaria Zubeidi, ex-head of Fatah terror group who was behind dozens of attacks
By Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
A man walks past a mural depicting Palestinian convict Marwan Barghouti, with a message that reads in Arabic, 'See you soon,' on Israel's security fence in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, August 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
December 3, 2025, 10:00 am
Over 200 cultural figures call for release of Palestinian terror convict Marwan Barghouti
Paul Simon, Sting, Mark Ruffalo, Stephen Fry among celebrities signing onto letter decrying ‘mistreatment’ of security prisoner and calling for global campaign for his freedom
By Michael Horovitz
Fadwa Barghouti, wife of leading member of the Fatah party Marwan Barghouti, the most high-profile Palestinian security prisoner in Israeli custody, addresses a rally to support him in Ramallah city in the West Bank on August 19, 2025. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
November 19, 2025, 4:46 pm
Buoyed by Trump, Marwan Barghouti’s wife presses Israelis to free terror convict for peace
After her husband was passed over for release last month, Fadwa Barghouti says in 1st-ever interview with Israeli press that his ability to unify Palestinians behind 2-state platform can stabilize region
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron (not in picture) at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 11, 2025. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)
November 15, 2025, 11:56 am
Unpopular and politically weak, PA’s Abbas struggles for a role in Gaza
Palestinian leader, who has not held elections in nearly 2 decades, is sidelined in Strip as critics say he put PA, notorious for corruption, ‘hand-in-hand with Israeli occupation’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a ceremony at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, September 15, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
October 17, 2025, 11:56 pm
Ex-hostage says Ben Gvir’s comments on prisoners led captors to beat them unconscious
Channel 12 quotes unnamed released hostage who says far-right minister’s public boasting about the poor conditions of Palestinian prisoners led Hamas to severely abuse its captives
By ToI Staff
Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti (C) is accompanied by Israeli prison guards after a hearing at Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, January 25, 2012. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad)
October 15, 2025, 11:25 pm
Barghouti said beaten, suffered broken ribs in jail; prison officials reject claim
Ben Gvir says he is ‘proud that Barghouti’s conditions have changed drastically’ as Thunberg alleges ‘torture,’ claims guards kicked and hit her as she was draped in Israeli flag
By Charlie Summers
People gather at 'Hostages Square' in Tel Aviv on October 11, 2025, to celebrate the agreement signed between Israel and Hamas for a hostage-prisoner exchange deal based on a 20-point plan proposed by US President Donald Trump. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
October 12, 2025, 5:10 pm
Hostage releases set to begin early Monday from three locations in Gaza
Netanyahu: We’re ready; Trump due in Israel soon after; Hamas said to demand release of high-profile terror convicts, including Barghouti
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg, Charlie Summers, Sam Sokol, Nurit Yohanan and AFP
President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder (L) speaks during a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau by the Red Army, in Oswiecim, Poland on January 27, 2025. (WOJTEK RADWANSKI / AFP) Marwan Barghouti raises his handcuffed hands in the air on the opening day of his trial in Tel Aviv on August 14, 2002. (AP/Brennan Linsley)
October 12, 2025, 11:01 am
US Jewish community leader lobbied for prominent Palestinian prisoner Barghouti’s release
Ronald Lauder offered to travel to Sharm el-Sheikh to make case during final negotiations, but idea was nixed by Netanyahu’s office amid overwhelming opposition from cabinet ministers; Barghouti serving five life terms
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Freed Palestinian prisoners flash V-signs as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after being released from an Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip on February 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
October 10, 2025, 5:27 pm
Israel publishes list of 250 security prisoners slated for release as part of Gaza deal
Several heavyweights demanded by Hamas, including Barghouti, omitted; terror group reportedly claims list not approved; 11 Fatah convicts swapped out at last minute for Hamas members
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, Charlie Summers, Nurit Yohanan and Jacob Magid
People celebrate at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, as negotiators are set to sign a hostage-ceasefire deal. October 09, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
October 9, 2025, 7:59 pm
Cabinet set to approve hostage-ceasefire deal after Israel, Hamas sign on in Egypt
Trump expects hostages to return Monday or Tuesday, as negotiators finalize list of 250 Palestinian life-sentence prisoners, 1,700 Gazan detainees that Israel will free in return
By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Lazar Berman
Protesters lift flags and placards depicting leading member of the Fatah party Marwan Barghouti, the most high-profile Palestinian terrorist jailed by Israel, during a march supporting him in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 19, 2025. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
October 6, 2025, 1:35 am
Hamas said to demand release of terror chiefs, Oct. 7 terrorists in deal for hostages
Source says terror group to insist on release of life-termers ‘even at cost of dooming deal,’ wants deeper initial IDF withdrawal, is working to ensure PA role in ‘day-after’ Gaza
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (left) speaks to jailed Palestinian terror convict Marwan Barghouti in his cell in footage released on August 14, 2025 (X screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
August 15, 2025, 4:09 am
Ben Gvir filmed visiting cell of Palestinian terror convict Barghouti, taunting him
‘Whoever messes with the Nation of Israel — we will wipe them out,’ far-right minister can be heard saying in first sighting of Barghouti in over a decade
By ToI Staff
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