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Byline: Dan Ephron (With Samir Zedan in Ramallah)
Marwan Barghouti has no contact with other inmates, gets no family visits and is denied phone privileges. The only people he sees other than wardens at Beersheva Prison are his lawyers. He speaks to them through two layers of glass. For three hours last Tuesday, he discussed the future of Palestinian politics with attorney Jawad Boulous. What everyone wanted to know was this: would Barghouti run for president of the Palestinian Authority from prison? "His main message was that people should be working for his release," Boulous told NEWSWEEK. "Regarding the election, he hasn't made up...
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