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As the fragile ceasefire holds, Palestinians are grappling with what comes next in their quest

for statehood and who will lead them. The most popular political leader is 66-year-old

Marwan Bargutiti, convicted and imprisoned

in Israel as a terrorist, but seen as a potential unifying force among Palestinians.

Special correspondent Leila Mulana Allen spoke with Barcuti's son in Ramallah in the occupied

West Bank.

Often called the Palestinian Nelson Mandela, Marwan Barhoti, has long been seen by Palestinians and Western leaders alike as the one man who could unite and lead Palestinians to statehood.

The youngest person to be elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council and a key leader of the second Intifada.

But he has been jailed by Israel for 23 years,

convicted in 2004 of planning an attack that killed five Israelis.

Many say the trial was a sham.

Hoax were high he would be released in the ceasefire prisoner hostage swap.

But the day came and went and imprisoned he remained.

In a rare interview, the news I spoke with his son Arab, who was just 11 when his father

went to jail, about the campaign for his release.

We thought that anyone in their right mind that once an end for this cycle of violence would see that my father represents

a great positive voice for political settlement. The fact that he has a political

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