Palestinians
February 8, 2021
OCCUPIED-AL-QUDS: The key Palestinian factions Fatah, which controls the West Bank, and Gaza’s Hamas Islamists plan to meet in Cairo this week to tackle issues that could threaten long-awaited Palestinian elections. Technical, legal and security issues must be resolved first, observers say, to ensure the first Palestinian votes in 15 years are not derailed by acrimony between the former enemies.
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Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas gestures as he meets Palestinian businessmen at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah April 29, 2014. Reuters pic
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JERUSALEM, Feb 7 The key Palestinian factions Fatah, which controls the West Bank, and Gaza’s Hamas Islamists plan to meet in Cairo this week to tackle issues that could threaten long-awaited Palestinian elections.
Technical, legal and security issues must be resolved first, observers say, to ensure the first Palestinian votes in 15 years are not derailed by acrimony between the former enemies.
Palestinian rivals Fatah, Hamas to discuss elections
Cairo meeting to hammer out technical, legal, and security issues that must be resolved first before the legislative and presidential votes, set to be held on May 22 and July 31, the first since 2006 - which saw a landslide victory for the Gaza-based Islamist group
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Updated: 02.07.21 , 17:19
The key Palestinian factions Fatah, which controls the West Bank, and Gaza s Hamas Islamists plan to meet in Cairo this week to tackle issues that could threaten long-awaited Palestinian elections.
Technical, legal and security issues must be resolved first, observers say, to ensure the first Palestinian votes in 15 years are not derailed by acrimony between the former enemies.