Editing Marwan Barghouti (section)

=== Subsequent activism and continued popularity ===
Barghouti intended to contest the Palestinian Presidential elections slated for 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bishara |first=Marwan |title=Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti for president? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/2/23/political-prisoner-marwan-barghouti-for-president |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> but they were cancelled by President Abbas, citing Israel's refusal to permit voting in East Jerusalem.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-07 |title=Palestinian leader delays parliamentary and presidential elections, b… |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-elections-delayed-says-president-mahmoud-abbas-2021-04-29/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220207215233/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-elections-delayed-says-president-mahmoud-abbas-2021-04-29/ |archive-date=2022-02-07}}</ref> Immediately prior to the cancelation, a poll suggested that Barghouti would go on to win the Presidency, with more than double Abbas's support, and significantly more than that of [[Ismail Haniyeh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Public Opinion Poll No (79) {{!}} PCPSR |url=https://pcpsr.org/en/node/839 |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=pcpsr.org}}</ref> Barghouti remains the most popular Palestinian leader. In each of the six polls conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research between September 2023 and May 2025, Barghouti came out ahead of a Hamas candidate when Palestinians were asked who they would vote for as President in a two-way race.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |title=Press Release: Public Opinion Poll No (93) {{!}} PCPSR |url=https://www.pcpsr.org/en/node/991 |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=www.pcpsr.org}}</ref><ref name="PCPSR-May2025">{{cite web |title=Press Release: Public Opinion Poll No (95) |url=https://www.pcpsr.org/en/node/997 |website=Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research |access-date=12 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250507152506/https://www.pcpsr.org/en/node/997 |archive-date=7 May 2025 |date=6 May 2025}}</ref> There has been no Palestinian Presidential election since 2005.