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Aleksandar Brezar

What would Palestinians' most popular leader do if freed? No one knows

With the announcement on Wednesday evening that Israel and Hamas agreed to implement the first phase of US President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza, Hamas' demand that prominent Palestinian prisoners be included in any hostage swap deal has once again come to the fore.

One of the most high-profile names on the list was Marwan Barghouti, a man who has been behind bars for more than two decades as Israeli authorities sentenced him to consecutive life terms in prison and still regard him as a terrorist mastermind.

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