Al-Barghouti's wife appeals for his release

Fadwa al-Barghouti, wife of Marwan al-Barghouti, the secretary of the higher committee in Fatah in the West Bank who was arrested by the Israeli forces on Monday appealed for his release.

In a statement to the London- based al-Sharq al-Awsat daily on Monday she appealed to Arab and international parliamentarians to stand beside her wife in his being an elected member in the Palestinian legislative council.