The graffitied image of Marwan Barghouti’s face on the huge concrete slabs of Israel’s separation barrier, or wall, at the main Israeli checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah has darkened with the smoke and tear gas of countless demonstrations against an occupation now in its 57th year.
But his name hasn’t faded.
After more than two decades in an Israeli jail, Barghouti remains the most popular Palestinian leader there is, consistently leading opinion polls ahead of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
For Palestinians, he is a political prisoner. For Israelis, he is a terrorist accused
