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Barghouti during a press conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg in February 1997. AFP

Marwan Barghouti in 2012 giving evidence as part of a US civil lawsuit against the Palestinian leadership. AFP

An electoral poster of Barghouti, who was in jail at the time, in the West Bank city of Rafah before the Palestinian parliamentary election in 2006. AFP

Barghouti, head of the Palestinian Fatah Tanzim and Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, arrives at Tel Aviv District Court in May 2004 to face charges of murdering Israelis and leading Palestinian militants in terrorist attacks against Israeli targets. Getty Images

A Palestinian artist finishes a portrait of Barghouti on a cement barrier near the Israeli-controlled Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah in 2010. AFP

Marwan Barghouti. Getty Images

Mugs bearing Barghouti's image and the slogan, in Arabic, 'Freedom for the knight of freedom', on display at an office campaigning for his release in the West Bank city of Ramallah in February 2009. AFP

Barghouti with young Palestinians demonstrating in support of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in January 2002 at the gates of Arafat's office in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Getty Images

Barghouti during a shoot-out between Palestinians and Israelis in Ramallah. Getty Images

A Palestinian boy wearing a Barghouti T-shirt launches a stone at Israeli soldiers during clashes in May 2002 in Ramallah. AFP

Barghouti, the West bank chief of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, is greeted by his lawyer Jawad Boulos in the courtroom on the opening day of his court case in Tel Aviv, in August 2002. Getty Images

Barghouti during a rally in the West Bank town of Ramallah in January 2001. AFP

In 2022, Barghouti began his 20th year in Israeli jails after his arrest in April 2002. In 2004 he was sentenced by an Israeli court to five life terms plus 40 years in prison. EPA

Barghouti during a press conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg in February 1997. AFP

Marwan Barghouti in 2012 giving evidence as part of a US civil lawsuit against the Palestinian leadership. AFP

An electoral poster of Barghouti, who was in jail at the time, in the West Bank city of Rafah before the Palestinian parliamentary election in 2006. AFP

Barghouti, head of the Palestinian Fatah Tanzim and Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, arrives at Tel Aviv District Court in May 2004 to face charges of murdering Israelis and leading Palestinian militants in terrorist attacks against Israeli targets. Getty Images

A Palestinian artist finishes a portrait of Barghouti on a cement barrier near the Israeli-controlled Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah in 2010. AFP

Marwan Barghouti. Getty Images

Mugs bearing Barghouti's image and the slogan, in Arabic, 'Freedom for the knight of freedom', on display at an office campaigning for his release in the West Bank city of Ramallah in February 2009. AFP

Barghouti with young Palestinians demonstrating in support of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in January 2002 at the gates of Arafat's office in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Getty Images

Barghouti during a shoot-out between Palestinians and Israelis in Ramallah. Getty Images

A Palestinian boy wearing a Barghouti T-shirt launches a stone at Israeli soldiers during clashes in May 2002 in Ramallah. AFP

Barghouti, the West bank chief of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, is greeted by his lawyer Jawad Boulos in the courtroom on the opening day of his court case in Tel Aviv, in August 2002. Getty Images

Barghouti during a rally in the West Bank town of Ramallah in January 2001. AFP

In 2022, Barghouti began his 20th year in Israeli jails after his arrest in April 2002. In 2004 he was sentenced by an Israeli court to five life terms plus 40 years in prison. EPA

Barghouti during a press conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg in February 1997. AFP

Palestine-Israel

Who is Marwan Barghouti, the most senior Palestinian prisoner?

Fatah official is seen as a potential future leader of the Palestinian Authority but has been in Israeli prison since 2004 after being convicted of five murders

The National

December 21, 2023

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