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Abbas calls for general elections in Palestinian Authority

Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas reportedly agreed to hold elections for the presidency and the Palestinian Legislative Council in 2020.

by  Neta Bar
Published on  12-10-2019 10:19
Last modified: 12-10-2019 14:24
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas | Photo: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced Tuesday that Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem will go to the polls next year, for the first time in 14 years.

Speaking at an anti-corruption conference in Ramallah, Abbas said Palestinian factions Fatah, which he controls, and Hamas, which rules Gaza, have agreed to hold two-pronged elections for the presidency and the Palestinian Legislative Council in 2020.

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Chairman of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission Hanna Nasser was instrumental in achieving the factions' consent, Abbas said.

The only issue that has yet to be resolved in full is the voting process in east Jerusalem. Israel opposes allowing the capital's Palestinian residents to participate in the vote.

"We are continuing with our efforts with European and other countries in the world to urge Israel to allow the elections to take place as they did in 1996 and 2006," the Palestinian president said.

The 2006 vote saw Hamas, an Islamist terrorist group, win a majority in Ramallah's parliament. In 2007, Hamas ousted Abbas and his Fatah movement from Gaza in a bloody coup. The move effectively split the Palestinian Authority into two separate political entities.

All efforts made over the past ‎‎decade to ‎‎promote a reconciliation between the rival ‎‎Palestinian factions – the latest ‎‎brokered by Egypt ‎‎in late 2017 – have failed, despite the growing criticism among the Palestinian public. ‎

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