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Palestinian Authority sets legislative election for November 28
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, December 22, 2025. (AP/ Nasser Nasser, Pool)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas issues a decree setting legislative elections for November 28, which, if they take place, would mark the first such vote in two decades.
“The presidential decree calls on the Palestinian people in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to participate in free and direct legislative elections to elect members of the Palestinian Legislative Council on the date specified,” the official WAFA news agency reports, citing the decree.
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