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.
Palestinian leaders weigh delay of long-awaited vote
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