Russian newspaper: Who will be the next Palestinian president?. Marwan Barghouti is one of the main figures in Fatah, and is called "the Palestinian Nelson Mandela" He was arrested during the uprising in 2002, and was sentenced to five life sentences and 40 years in prison.
Ismail Haniyeh recently spoke in favor of supporting the process of unifying the Palestinian people, saying, “We are more interested than ever in the unity of the Palestinianpeople,” and put forward proposals regarding that.