Analysts: Peace at risk if Barghouti wins race
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A day after jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti shocked his compatriots by announcing that he will run for president, many Palestinians denounced him yesterday for endangering unity and a smooth transition of power in the post-Yasser Arafat era.
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BEERSHEBA: Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi is considering pulling out of a presidential race to avoid splitting his mainstream Fatah faction, an Israeli-Arab lawmaker said after visiting him in jail.
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Jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti has decided to run for Palestinian Authority president in a Jan. 9 election, seeking to succeed the late Yasser Arafat
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The collapse of Ariel Sharon&#39;s government endangers the Israeli pullout from Gaza. Or does it? And what does Marwan Barghouti&#39;s candidacy mean for the Palestinians&#39; future?
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Description: Nine candidates are running for the Palestinian presidency in January&#39;s election, but the spotlight is on Mahmoud Abbas, who succeeded Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and jailed militant leader Marwan Barghouti
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Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti is under mounting pressure to abandon his plan to run in the election for the chairmanship of the Palestinian Authority, as some of the faction&#39;s leaders called over the weekend for his expulsion from Fatah.
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Marwan Barghouti, the jailed Palestinian leader, was on Thursday under pressure from opponents and allies to withdraw his candidacy in the Palestinian Authority presidential elections, just a day after he registered.
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JERUSALEM - A spokesman for Marwan Barghouti said Friday that the jailed Palestinian leader had decided after all not to run for president of the Palestinian Authority and would back the nominee of his Fatah faction, Mahmoud Abbas.
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Palestinian Authority Minister of State Kadoura Fares said on Tuesday that jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti may abandon his plan to run in the January 9 lection for the presidency of the PA.
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The jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has changed his mind again and pledged to run in the January presidential election, officials said.
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Moderate Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas&#39;s chances of winning a presidential election to replace Yasser Arafat appeared to be sealed after his main rival Marwan Barghouthi pulled out of the race.
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Two of the first opinion polls since nominations closed for the Palestinian presidential election show a tight race between the establishment candidate, Mahmoud Abbas, and the imprisoned military commander, Marwan Barghouti.
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THE jailed firebrand Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has decided not to run for the presidency of the Palestinian Authority, lifting the threat of a divided vote in his Fatah faction.
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RAMALLAH: A day after jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti shocked his compatriots by announcing heâll run for president, many Palestinians denounced him for endangering unity and a smooth transition of power in the post-Arafat era.
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Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti was expected to announce Friday he will run for president of the Palestinian Authority in the Jan. 9 elections.
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The Fatah faction has threatened jailed leader Marwan Barghouti with expulsion unless he drops out of the contest to become Palestinian president.
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MARWAN BARGHOUTI, the jailed firebrand Palestinian leader, has decided not to run for the presidency, aides announced last night, lifting the threat of a divided vote in his Fatah faction.