RAMALLAH, May 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Marwan Barghouti, prominent Fatah leader now imprisoned in an Israeli jail, is likely to run in the coming Palestinian legislative elections slated for July 17, his wife Fadwa Barghouti said on Wednesday.

    Fadwa, who is a lawyer, said Marwan Barghouti told her that consultations are still going on among prisoners to choose their candidates to run in the next parliamentary elections.

    Other potential candidates are Hussam Khader, Ramzi Fayyad, Yasser Abu Baker and Jamal Huweil.

    Marwan Barghouti, 46, joined the dominant Fatah movement at 15. He was arrested in an Israeli army raid in April 2002, put on trial a year later on charges of orchestrating ambushes and suicide bombings, convicted and given five life sentences.

    About 8,000 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli prisons. Enditem