May 11, 2021
RAMALLAH, West Bank The implications of President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to postpone the Palestinian elections are still surfacing in the Palestinian territories. On May 1, unknown armed men shot and threw grenades at the house of electoral candidate Nizar Bannat. The attack came a few hours after the Freedom and Dignity electoral list, which Bannat formed, sent a message to the European Union demanding it halt funding for the Palestinian Authority and its security apparatus.
In its May 1 letter to the EU, the list voiced its intention to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights to “call for halting financial support to the PA and launching an inquiry into the squandered money of European taxpayers.” It said that it will proceed with this step unless the PA sets a clear timeline for the legislative elections in the coming months.
Palestinian candidates attacked, threatened ahead of elections Candidates for the Palestinian legislative elections are facing attacks on their properties and threats in an attempt to prevent them from running in the elections. Employees of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission display electoral lists ahead of the upcoming general elections, at the commission s district offices in the city of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on April 6, 2021. Palestinian legislative elections are scheduled for May 22, with a presidential vote to follow on July 31. - HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images
April 22, 2021
RAMALLAH, West Bank The frequency of threats and attacks against candidates in the Palestinian legislative elections has increased over the past few days, and internal parties are most likely behind them. However, none of the concerned parties (security forces or public prosecution) announced any of the results of their investigations into these incidents.
Published date: 4 March 2021 16:08 UTC | Last update: 4 weeks ago
Political and security figures from the Palestinian Authority (PA) were the first in line to receive the opening batch of Covid-19 vaccinations, the PA Ministry of Health revealed on Tuesday, following criticism over its handling of the immunisation campaign.
The ministry had been asked to disclose how it was managing the distribution of the vaccines following accusations of corruption by Palestinian civil society and human rights organisations. Vaccination apartheid : Gaza struggling with Covid-19 infections while Israel rolls out jabRead More »
In a statement published on its official Facebook page, the ministry said that the PA had received 12,000 doses.