Overview
- In a Time interview released Thursday, President Trump said he was being asked about Marwan Barghouti and would be "making a decision."
- Barghouti, 66, is serving multiple life sentences from a 2004 conviction over attacks that killed five people, and Israel labels him a security threat.
- He was excluded from the October prisoner exchange under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, and Barghouti’s family says Prime Minister Netanyahu rebuffed U.S. appeals to free him.
- Barghouti remains a leading contender in Palestinian opinion polls and is viewed by U.S. envoys and some Israeli figures as a potential unifier for a two-state path.
- Two freed inmates alleged he was beaten during a Sept. 14 transfer, claims the Israel Prison Service called fake, as his wife publicly urged Trump to intervene.