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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Imprisoned Fatah Party figure Marwan Barghouthi holds a commanding lead over the incumbent President Mahmoud Abbas for the upcoming Palestinian presidential election, according to new poll data. Palestinians are due to vote in legislative elections on 22 May and in presidential elections on 31 July. A new poll by the Jerusalem Media and Communication Center, in cooperation with the German Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation, gave the Barghouthi the lead in the presidential vote, who has been campaigning from an Israeli jail cell. More than 35 percent said they would vote for Barghouthi, while …