RAMALLAH, West Bank — Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has teamed up with Nasser al-Qudwa, a top official who was dismissed from the Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, for an alliance in the upcoming legislative elections. The two, who are among Fatah's most popular figures, are challenging their own movement in a move that could lay the foundations of a new era in Palestinian politics.
The deadline to register electoral lists for the upcoming elections, set for May 22, came at midnight on March 31, with 36 lists submitted to the Central Elections Committee.
