Abbas asks #US to help release Barghouti from Israeli prison
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US President Barack Obama, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands during meetings in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, March 17, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Saul Loeb)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has asked Washington to mediate with #Israel for the release of #Marwan_Barghouti, a Palestinian leader and possible presidential contender jailed a decade ago over a spate of suicide bombings. Israel agreed last year to free 104 Palestinian prisoners in what it termed a gesture of goodwill to mark the resumption of direct, US-backed peace talks. But Barghouti was excluded from this deal and the talks have since faltered with Washington struggling to keep them alive. read (...)