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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Palestinians set May date for new local elections
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Palestinians have set May 13 as the date for long-postponed local elections in the West Bank and Gaza, Ynet reports.
The elections were meant to have been held in 2016, but was called off by a court in Ramallah after Hamas, which rules Gaza, wouldn’t let some of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party candidates run in the Strip.
That was the latest in a string of Palestinian elections that have been delayed or canceled in recent years.
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