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'The most popular Palestinian leader has been imprisoned by Israel since 2002'
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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
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