Senior Fatah Leader links Israeli prisoner release to UN push - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Daoud Kuttab

Daoud Kuttab

Mar 24, 2014

Senior Fatah leader Abbas Zaki (C) waves after his release from Ofer prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah April 1, 2010. Zaki was arrested earlier this week along with about 10 other demonstrators after they stormed into a checkpoint in the West Bank town of Bethlehem during a protest by Palestinian, Israeli and international activists against Israeli army restrictions on Palestinian movement preventing them from entering Jerusalem. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2CC0X — Senior Fatah leader Abbas Zaki (C) waves after his release from Ofer prison near Ramallah, April 1, 2010. — REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Marwan Barghouthi, head of the Palestinian Fatah Tanzim and al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades, gestures as Israeli police bring him into the District Court for his judgment hearing in Tel Aviv May 20, 2004. An Israeli court on Thursday convicted Barghouthi, a leader of the Palestinian uprising, on murder charges over the killing of five Israelis by militants. REUTERS/Pool/David Silverman - RTRJYWL

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Palestinian leaders vote for international conventions as Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (C) chairs a meeting in the West Bank City of Ramallah April 1, 2014. Abbas signed more than a dozen international conventions on Tuesday citing anger at Israel's delay of a prisoner release, in a move jeopardised U.S. efforts to salvage fragile peace talks. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3JIOJ

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Daoud Kuttab

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A Palestinian boy holds a poster with an image of Islamic Jihad member Khader Adnan during a news conference announcing his upcoming release outside Adnan's home in the West Bank village of Arabeh, near Jenin February 21, 2012. Adnan, held without trial by Israel, agreed on Tuesday to end his 66-day hunger strike after Israeli authorities promised to release him in April in a deal that avoided judicial review of the detention policy. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

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