By Steven Scheer and Pesha Magid

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is considering whether to urge Israel to release popular Palestinian political figure Marwan Barghouti, jailed for more than 20 years and repeatedly denied his freedom by Israel.

“I am literally being confronted with that question about 15 minutes before you called,” Trump told Time in an interview published on Thursday. “That was the question. That was my question of the day. So I’ll be making a decision.”

In an October 15 Time interview released on Thursday, Trump said the Palestinians don’t have a visible leader. He was responding to a question whether Barghouti could unite Palestinians behind a two-state solution and whether he should be released from prison despite Israel’s refusal.

Barghouti, 66, wa

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