Palestine

“We know the trap we have set for Israel by demanding a two-state solution. But Israel understands why it does not want to give us a state: it knows what the future could hold,” said Abu Shahab.

Palestinians have gone two decades without national elections. Abbas must deliver genuine political reform while ensuring Hamas cannot use the ballot box to legitimize its terrorist infrastructure.

“Today we’re marching for Palestine in London to mark three years of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people and demand our government go further to sanction Israel for its crimes."

Israeli military attacks, settlement expansion, settler violence, restrictions on freedom of movement, and the withholding of Palestinian revenues were cited as reasons for the election postponement.

Hamas "sells paid solutions in Gaza and is the main employment factor," she said, adding that it "determines who in the population will receive what, and creates dependency."

When the aching ones and their wounds refer to both the Gazans and the Israelis who have lost so much, that’s when everybody can start winning again.

The Shin Bet statement further detailed an attack that was planned on a Beersheba nightclub that was uncovered following the arrest and interrogation of Israeli citizen Abdullah Jarjawi.

Although the CEC has yet to issue an official statement on the alleged block, CEC spokesperson Farid Taamallah confirmed the report to Agence France-Presse and said the elections could still proceed.

Hamas has continued to deny targeting civilians, carrying out sexual assaults, and mistreating hostages in captivity, claiming that investigations have disproved the allegations.

Islamabad could come to terms with Israel’s existence when Palestinians are safe in a state of their own.