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2021 Palestinian elections

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a press conference prior to attending a EU foreign affairs council at the European Council in Brussels, January 22, 2018. (EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)
September 19, 2023, 8:32 am
‘They’re animals’: Abbas blasts EU over its stance on Palestinian elections
At private NYC event, PA leader says EU pushed him to hold elections and said it would coax Israel to allow balloting in East Jerusalem, but failed to deliver: ‘They’re all talk’
By Jacob Magid
Head of the European Union's mission to the West Bank and Gaza Strip Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff (C), accompanied by the general director of the Islamic Waqf (Endowment) Azzam al-Khatib (to his right), visits the Al-Aqsa mosque compound atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, on January 18, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
August 2, 2023, 5:11 pm
Departing EU envoy: I won’t accuse Israel of apartheid, but it’s worthy of discussion
In farewell interview, ambassador to Palestinians laments Abbas’s failure to hold elections, suggests mail-in ballot as solution to Israeli opposition to voting in East Jerusalem
By Jacob Magid
A Palestinian man votes at a polling station in Beit Dajan, east of Nablus in the northern West Bank, on December 11, 2021. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
December 11, 2021, 6:52 pm
Over 200,000 Palestinians cast ballots in rare West Bank municipal elections
Vote limited to rural areas after Mahmoud Abbas delays voting in cities, amid simmering anger toward the Fatah-controlled PA
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh at a press conference in Ramallah, February 27, 2021 (WAFA)
October 24, 2021, 3:58 pm
With no crucial EU aid since start of year, Palestinian PM heads to Brussels
Shtayyeh will meet with senior EU officials to discuss lack of European budget support and the PA’s ongoing fiscal troubles; diplomats say funding gap is due to ‘technical issues’
By Aaron Boxerman
Illustrative: A Palestinian man casts his vote in the municipal elections in the West Bank town of Al-Bireh on October 20, 2012. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
September 17, 2021, 8:42 pm
Palestinian municipal elections in West Bank, Gaza scheduled for December
Electoral commission says vote depends on Hamas allowing poll to take place in the Strip
By AFP
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-C.T., center, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., right, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-C.T., hold a press conference at the military airbase in Beirut airport, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. A delegation of four U.S. senators visiting Lebanon promised to work on easing Lebanon's crippling economic crisis. They later traveled to Israel and Tunisia. (AP Photo/ Hassan Ammar)
September 11, 2021, 1:34 am
‘PA not strong enough to lead Gaza reconstruction,’ US senator says after visit
Chris Murphy says he raised US objection to terror stipends with PA premier, discussed possible path forward on issue; Democratic lawmakers express optimism after Bennett meeting
By Jacob Magid
Hundreds of demonstrators call for an end to PA President Mahmoud Abbas's 16-year rule during a rally in Ramallah on July 3, 2021. (Aaron Boxerman/The Times of Israel)
July 4, 2021, 1:03 am
Hundreds of protesters call for Abbas to resign over death of PA critic
Palestinians in Ramallah call for ‘the fall of the regime’; unlike in previous rallies, Palestinian forces refrain from violently dispersing crowds
By Aaron Boxerman
A man stands with his chest bared during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Palestinian security forces in the West Bank city of Ramallah in the West Bank, on June 26, 2021, following a demonstration against the death of human rights activist Nizar Banat while in the custody of Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces earlier in the week. (Abbas Momani / AFP)
June 27, 2021, 3:55 pm
Protests after death of Abbas critic reflect growing crisis over PA’s legitimacy
Death of Nizar Banat, allegedly beaten to death in Palestinian Authority custody, was ‘straw that broke the camel’s back’ for some Palestinians, says former minister
By Aaron Boxerman
Rockets fired toward Israel from Gaza are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome on May 10, 2021. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
May 11, 2021, 3:02 am
In Jerusalem crisis, Hamas sees opportunity to retake center stage
After incessant rocket barrages, leaders of Gaza’s ruling terror group say they’re not interested in further escalation, but conflict could still get out of hand
By Aaron Boxerman
A view into the Temple Mount compound amid clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces, May 10, 2021 (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)
May 10, 2021, 1:47 pm
Israel, frozen in a fateful moment, on Jerusalem Day at noon
Amid escalating violence and political dysfunction, a snapshot from a city, and a country, balanced on a knife-edge
By David Horovitz
Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli security forces amid clashes in Jerusalem's Old City on May 8, 2021. (EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)
May 9, 2021, 10:59 am
Jerusalem’s on fire, and it’s poised to spread in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank
The Israel Police have failed to contain the violence in the capital — the worst in at least 4 years — and the country’s political leadership is nowhere to be found
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli rescue forces and police at the scene after a mass fatality scene during the celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag Baomer on Mt. Meron, in northern Israel on April 30, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)
May 3, 2021, 2:30 pm
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By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announces that the PA legislative elections will be indefinitely delayed, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. (WAFA/Tha'ir Ghanayem)
April 30, 2021, 4:15 am
Hamas slams Abbas’s decision to delay Palestinian vote as a ‘coup’
PA president postpones first Palestinian national elections in 15 years, blaming Israel, but critics say veteran leader afraid of losing
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech regarding the coronavirus pandemic, at PA headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 5, 2020.
April 30, 2021, 12:59 am
Abbas delays first Palestinian elections in 15 years, blaming Israel
PA head says election won’t be held until Israel lets East Jerusalemites vote; cancellation had been expected for days; Hamas calls it ‘a breach of national consensus’ and ‘a coup’
By Aaron Boxerman
In this October 20, 2012, photo, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote during local elections at a polling station in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
April 27, 2021, 8:57 pm
Israel not seeking to thwart Palestinian election, official tells EU envoys
Foreign Ministry official meets with ambassadors from bloc, urges them not to believe Ramallah’s claims that Israel blocking vote in East Jerusalem
By Jacob Magid
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