BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian politician Marwan Barghouthi, serving a life sentence in an Israeli jail, was elected to a leading post in President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction, initial results showed on Tuesday.
Barghouthi was jailed on charges of organizing the killing of Israelis. He denies the charges.
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