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Palestinian Authority Postpones Parliamentary Elections

Palestinian Authority Postpones Parliamentary Elections
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Palestinian Authority Postpones Parliamentary Elections

Majdi Mohammed / AP Updated April 29, 2021 at 6:39 PM ET RAMALLAH, West Bank – It was meant to be a historic and long-overdue vote aimed at ending 15 years of paralyzed and divided leadership. Instead, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday called off next month s parliamentary elections after challengers from his own party threatened to weaken his hold on power. Abbas decision, which came just two days before campaigning was supposed to begin, indefinitely postponed the May 22 vote and apparently a July presidential election as well. The postponement angered Palestinians eager to replace a president who has not held a vote in a decade-and-a-half and failed to deliver on his main goal of achieving independence from Israel. Street protests broke out in several cities in the West Bank and Gaza.

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Palestinian President May Postpone Election

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Will Palestinians finally get a chance to vote? After a decade and a half without elections, a parliamentary vote is scheduled for May 22. But NPR s Daniel Estrin reports from Ramallah the vote might be called off. DANIEL ESTRIN, BYLINE: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced long-overdue elections to unite Palestinians and renew his own legitimacy, confident his Fatah party could win. Instead, it just brought out opposition. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Speaking in Arabic). UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Speaking in Arabic). ESTRIN: This is campaign headquarters for a group of Abbas former allies who broke away and formed their own list for parliament. They want change.

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Palestinian Authority Postpones Parliamentary Elections

Palestinian Authority Postpones Parliamentary Elections
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Palestinian Authority Postpones Parliamentary Elections

Palestinian Authority Postpones Parliamentary Elections
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