Thursday, 29 April, 2021 - 11:15
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas showing his ink-smeared finger after voting in the Ramallah local elections, October 2012 (File photo: AP) Ramallah - Asharq Al-Awsat
The deputy head of Fatah, Mahmoud al-Aloul, said on Wednesday that excluding Jerusalem from the Palestinian parliamentary and presidential elections would be “a betrayal and a crime.”
Aloul stressed the need to deal with the elections in Jerusalem, like the rest of the Palestinian governorates, pointing out that the matter was agreed upon in previous meetings with the factions and the national and Islamic forces.
Aloul s statements came ahead of a meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and heads of Palestinian factions for a unified position on the elections.