US 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 magazine 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, Trump said the Palestinians do not 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, was sentenced in 2004 to five life sentences and 40 years in jail af

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