Editing Marwan Barghouti (section)

=== History of negotiations concerning Barghouti's release ===
In 2004, Israel's ambassador to Washington Danny Ayalon proposed, with the "tacit agreement" of [[Ariel Sharon]], that Israel would free Barghouti in exchange for the Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, who was imprisoned by the United States. Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]] rejected the request.<ref name=":10" /> In 2006, there were conflicting claims concerning proposals for Barghouti's release. A Saudi newspaper reported that [[Condoleezza Rice]] had proposed such a step to Israel, with no mention of a quid pro quo, but [[Ehud Olmert]] denied that the idea had been raised in talks with the United States.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |title=חדשות - פוליטי/מדיני nrg - לבני וברגותי נפגשו בכלא הדרים |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/1/ART1/510/891.html |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=www.makorrishon.co.il}}</ref> He reportedly continued to oppose Barghouti's release in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=אולמרט נגד שחרור ברגותי |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/161300 |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=www.inn.co.il}}</ref>

Hamas sought the inclusion of Barghouti in the 2011 prisoner exchange deal that led to the release of Gilad Shalit, but Israel refused to include him.<ref name=":10" />

During the prisoner swap negotiations in 2024 and 2025 that arose from the [[Gaza war|Gaza War]], Hamas said that Barghouti was at the top of their list of prisoners whom they wanted Israel to free.<ref name="thetimes.com">{{Cite web |date=2025-03-06 |title=Marwan Barghouti: Jailed Palestinian murderer may hold key to Gaza ce… |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/article/marwan-barghouti-jailed-palestinian-murderer-may-hold-key-to-gaza-ceasefire-cm6j38mwt |access-date=2025-03-23 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250306091234/https://www.thetimes.com/world/article/marwan-barghouti-jailed-palestinian-murderer-may-hold-key-to-gaza-ceasefire-cm6j38mwt |archive-date=2025-03-06}}</ref> Israel again refused.<ref name=":14">{{Cite news |last=Rasha Jalal ــ Gaza |title=Will Gaza ceasefire's 2nd phase fail over prominent prisoners? |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/will-gaza-ceasefires-2nd-phase-fail-over-prominent-prisoners |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250312152659/https://www.newarab.com/news/will-gaza-ceasefires-2nd-phase-fail-over-prominent-prisoners |archive-date=2025-03-12 |access-date=2025-03-23 |work=The New Arab |language=en-EN}}</ref> [[The Economist]] reported that Mahmoud Abbas, who was expected to face a political challenge from Barghouti on the latter's release, "urged Qatari mediators to remove Barghouti's name from the list of prisoner exchanges."<ref name=":14" /> In January 2025 an Israeli government official denied reports that Barghouti was set to be released and exiled to Turkey.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Milshtein |first=Dr Michael |date=2025-01-03 |title=The Prisoner's Dilemma: The question of Marwan Barghouti |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/ry70qohuyg |access-date=2025-03-23 |work=Ynetnews |language=en}}</ref>