Palestinian Elections
Can Fatah’s Democratic Reform faction handle peace with both Israel and Hamas?
PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS: Politically active Palestinians argue that Palestinians must learn to coexist with people they may profoundly disagree with, and do so peacefully.
The Barghouti ‘myth’: Why Palestinians still want a leader they barely know - interview
The world is watching Israel’s election while ignoring the Palestinian one - opinion
Marvel actors join campaign calling for release of Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti
PFLP terror group to participate in Palestinian vote
The PFLP stressed that its participation in the elections “does not mean that it is a partner in the consecration of the humiliating and disastrous Oslo Accords.”
Abbas orders release of ‘political’ detainees to facilitate elections
Recently, Hamas officials said that some of their supporters were arrested or summoned for interrogation by the PA security forces.
Palestinian Authority launches probe into tampering with polling centers
Some Palestinians said they believed the PA security forces were responsible for the changes as part of an attempt to prevent voters from casting their ballots.
Palestinian factions agree on election mechanisms
No agreement to end Fatah-Hamas rivalry.
Hamas: Enormous differences with Fatah may scuttle elections
“The Fatah-Hamas dispute cannot be solved through presidential decrees.”
Why did Russia invite Abbas rivals to Moscow?
The high-ranking delegation invited to Moscow was headed by Samir al-Mashharawi, one of the founders of Dahlan’s Fatah Democratic Reform group.
Shtayyeh: Israel must allow Jerusalem Arabs to participate in elections
The PA will also ask the European Union to send observers to monitor the elections, Shtayyeh added.
Palestinian women: Increase in Council representation not enough
President Mahmoud Abbas amends election law, raising quota for women in Palestinian Authority legislature to 26%, not the promised 30%.
Elections in the PA: Not a magic wand
Does Israel really want Abbas to hold an election? Because what happens if he does, and the bad guys — Hamas — wins? Then what?
Fatah official: Abbas won't seek reelection
In September, Abbas announced in a speech before the United Nations General Assembly that he intends to call for “general elections” in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem.
