food was made available to Barghouti as part of a setup to check his adherence to his hunger strike. Barghouti's wife said that the video was faked and was intended to undermine the hunger strike. Popularity Despite being out of the public eye for a few years, Marwan Barghouti remains a popular leader among the Palestinian people. According to polling data in mid-2012, 60% of Palestinians would vote for him for president of the Palestinian Authority if they were given that chance, and he would beat both Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh for the top post. References Further reading Interview with Marwan Barghouti. "Competing Political Cultures". In: Beinin, Joel; Stein, Rebecca L. (eds) (2006). The Struggle for Sovereignty: Palestine and Israel, 1993-2005. Stanford University Press. pp. 105–111. Pratt, David (2006). Intifada: The Long Day of Rage. Casemate. First published by Sunday Herald Books. Haddad, Toufic. "Changing the Rules of the Game: A Conversation with Marwan Barghouti, Secretary-General of Fateh in the West Bank". In: Honig-Parnass, Tikva; Haddad, Toufic. (eds) (2007). Between the Lines: Readings on Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S. "War on Terror". Haymarket Books. pp. 65–69. External links What Marwan Barghouti Really Means to Palestinians Palestine Chronicle, 4 April 2012 CS Monitor: The 'Palestinian Napoleon' Behind Mideast Cease-fire Bitter Circus Erupts as Israel Indicts a Top Fatah Figure The New York Times, 15 August 2002 Uri Avnery, "Palestine's Mandela", New Internationalist, November 2007 Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs page about Barghouti 1959 births Living people Birzeit University alumni Central Committee of Fatah members Fatah military commanders Members of the 1996 Palestinian Legislative Council Members of the 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council Palestinian hunger strikers Palestinian people convicted of murder Palestinian people imprisoned by Israel Palestinian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Palestinianists People convicted of murder by Israel People convicted on terrorism charges People from Ramallah Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Israel