Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1991, Barghouti wakili ne a taron Madrid
, wanda aka gudanar da shi da nufin kawo karshen rikicin Isra'ila da Falasdinu da Intifada ta farko. A shekarar 1996, ya yi nasara ba tare da nasara ba a matsayin dan takarar kujerar majalisa a zaben farko na Hukumar Falasdinawa. A shekara ta 2002 Barghouti ya bar Jam'iyyar Jama'ar Falasdinu. A watan Yunin 2002, Barghouti, Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Ibrahim Dakkak da Edward Said sun kafa Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙasar Palestine ("al-Mubadara al-Wataniyya al-Filistiniyya"), ƙoƙari na gina gyaran gyare-gyare, mai banbanci ga duka Ƙungiyar 'Yantar da Falasdinu da kuma kungiyoyin mayakan Islama kamar Hamas. Barghouti a halin yanzu yana aiki a matsayin babban sakataren Initiative.