Palestinian sources revealed to The Arab Weekly that Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, who is serving several life terms in an Israeli prison, is insisting on running in Palestinian presidential elections, in a move that could threaten President Mahmoud Abbas’s chances of securing reelection in August. A few days ago, Abbas reportedly sent Hussein al-Sheikh, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, to meet Barghouti to try to persuade him to ...