Palestinian leaders weigh delay of long-awaited vote
By AFP - Apr 29,2021 - Last updated at Apr 29,2021
Palestinian supporters of Mohammed Dahlan's ‘Future’Party rally against a possible delay of elections in Jerusalem on Wednesday (AFP photo)
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — Palestinian leaders were set to decide on Thursday whether to hold elections next month as scheduled or call a delay that could trigger further frustration in a divided society which last voted in 2006.
Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and blockaded Gaza Strip have voiced hope that the polls could help restore credibility and heal rifts.
Fateh, which controls the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority(PA), reached an agreement with its long-standing rival Hamas, the Islamists who control Gaza, to hold legislative polls on May 22 and a presidential vote on July 31.