'The most popular Palestinian leader has been imprisoned by Israel since 2002'
- Posted on May 24, 2026
- By Le Monde
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'The most popular Palestinian leader has been imprisoned by Israel since 2002'
COLUMN. Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president in Ramallah, hangs on to increasingly tenuous control. The most recent Fatah congress, a transparent attempt by Abbas to promote his own son within the Palestinian liberation movement, mainly served to confirm the popularity of Marwan Barghouti, imprisoned by Israel for a quarter of a century.
