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November 26, 2004
Fatah's Barghouti paving way for Abbas as PA chairman
Topics: Middle East News and PerspectivesHaaretz in Israel reports:
Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti will not run for
chairmanship of the Palestinian Authority and calls to support
Palestine Liberation Organization leader Mahmoud Abbas, Barghouti's
aide Kadoura Fares said on Friday. Fares, speaking at a press conference he called in
Ramallah after meeting with Barghouti in his prison cell, said the
jailed Fatah leader also urged Palestinians to keep up the intifada and
fight for liberty.
Barghouti was said to be under pressure
both to run for Palestinian Authority chairman and decline the
candidacy when he met with Israeli Arab Knesset member Jamal Zahalka
(Balad) in his Israeli prison cell earlier Friday.
The MK met
Barghouti Friday afternoon to find out whether the Fatah leader intends
to run for chairman as an independent candidate or to support former
Abbas, named this week as Fatah's official candidate for the post.
The two discussed the political situation in the Palestinian Authority, and Barghouti's possible candidacy. The MK said that Barghouti is under pressure from both sides and that he was consulting with his aides on the subject.
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