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Thursday, 11 March 2021, 11:56 am
Many Palestinian intellectuals and political analysts
find themselves in the unenviable position of having to
declare a stance on whether they support or reject upcoming
Palestinian elections which are scheduled for May 22 and
July 30. But there are no easy answers.
The
long-awaited decree by Palestinian Authority President
Mahmoud Abbas last January to hold legislative and
presidential elections in the coming months was widely
welcomed, not as a triumph for democracy but as the first
tangible positive outcome of dialogue between rival
Palestinian factions, mainly Abbas’ Fatah party and
Hamas.
As far as inner Palestinian dialogue is
concerned, the elections, if held unobstructed, could
Many Palestinian intellectuals and political analysts find themselves in the unenviable position of having to declare a stance on whether they support or reject upcoming Palestinian elections which are scheduled for May 22 and July 30. But there are no easy answers.
The long-awaited decree by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas last January to hold legislative and presidential elections in the coming months was widely welcomed, not as a triumph for democracy but as the first tangible positive outcome of dialogue between rival Palestinian factions, mainly Abbas’ Fatah party and Hamas.
As far as inner Palestinian dialogue is concerned, the elections, if held unobstructed, could present a ray of hope that, finally, Palestinians in the Occupied Territories will enjoy a degree of democratic representation, a first step towards a more comprehensive representation that could include millions of Palestinians outside the Occupied Territories.