Palestinian groups express ‘grave concerns’ over Marwan Barghouti’s safety
Palestinians express alarm following ‘intimidating’ call to family of imprisoned leader alleging new abuse.
![FILE - Marwan Barghouti, center, raises his handcuffed hands in the air on the opening day of his trial in Tel Aviv, Israel, Aug. 14, 2002. [Brennan Linsley/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AP25281583792306_cropped-1760726090.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Palestinians express alarm following ‘intimidating’ call to family of imprisoned leader alleging new abuse.
![China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, fourth left, looks on, while hosting an event of signing of the "Beijing declaration" between Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Mahmoud al-Aloul of Fatah, third left, and Mussa Abu Marzuk of Hamas, third right, are seen. [Pedro Pardo/AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24205350017855-1722038503.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
The move comes as the Palestinian Authority faces pressure to reform from the US amid Israel’s war on Gaza.
Fighting between Palestinian factions have claimed at least 10 lives over the weekend, sources in the camp say.
Israeli entry permits for Palestinian FM and three Fatah officials revoked amid several punitive actions by new gov’t.
Hamas, Fatah and 12 other groups agree to hold legislative and presidential elections within one year.
Algiers is the latest to broker an agreement between rival factions in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
PA president used Palestinian Central Council meeting to entrench his power and secure his successor, critics say.
Israeli police launch search after six Palestinians managed to break out from Gilboa prison overnight through a tunnel.
Thousands of Palestinians attend funeral of Nizar Banat who died in the custody of PA forces on Thursday.
From closure of key crossings to political schisms, challenges persist in bid to rebuild Gaza’s wrecked infrastructure.
Critics say Palestinian leader using Jerusalem issue as an excuse to avoid polls that could see Fatah lose to Hamas.
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![Banat, an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority, intended to run in parliamentary elections before they were cancelled earlier this year [Mussa Qawasma/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-06-25T094357Z_1493883593_RC2L7O9S843I_RTRMADP_3_PALESTINIANS-POLITICS-CRITIC-1.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Palestinian officials last week said it would cost some $150m to rebuild the already impoverished enclave [Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-23T193241Z_423266551_RC2VLN9JZDAR_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Protesters in Gaza and the West Bank called for the elections to proceed as scheduled - for many it would be their first election [Abbas Momani/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/000_98Z8JQ.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)