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2021 Palestinian elections
FILE: Palestinian supporters of the Fatah movement demonstrate in the West Bank city of Hebron, June 5, 2020. (Hazem Bader/AFP)
Ahead of Palestinian elections, West Bank homes of 2 candidates hit by gunfire
By Aaron Boxerman
Separately, Israel arrests Hamas candidate for parliament, angering terror group
FILE: Palestinian supporters of the Fatah movement demonstrate in the West Bank city of Hebron, June 5, 2020. (Hazem Bader/AFP)
April 13, 2021, 7:39 pm
Ahead of Palestinian elections, West Bank homes of 2 candidates hit by gunfire
Separately, Israel arrests Hamas candidate for parliament, angering terror group
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 13, 2021, 7:54 am
Palestinian officials: No elections without participation of East Jerusalem
With Israel unlikely to allow election in city, observers say Abbas hopes to use refusal as an excuse to pull back from vote
By Aaron Boxerman
FILE: PA President Mahmoud Abbas attends a leadership meeting at his headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 3, 2020. (Alaa Badarneh/Pool Photo via AP)
April 4, 2021, 8:52 pm
36 Palestinian lists approved to run in May legislative elections
Apart from Fatah and Hamas, notable slates include factions backed by convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti, exiled Abbas rival Dahlan
By AFP and TOI staff
Former Fatah official Nasser al-Kidwa, center left, and Marwan Barghouti's wife, Fadwa, center right, leave the Palestinian Central Election Commission office after registering their joint list for the upcoming parliamentary election in May, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP/Nasser Nasser)
April 2, 2021, 9:12 am
As Palestinians march to elections, Barghouti challenge threatens to upend race
Observers initially scoffed at PA President Abbas’s election decree as a ploy — but intentionally or not, it has paved the way for the most serious challenge to his rule in years
By Aaron Boxerman
Maj. Gen. Kamil Abu Rukun, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories. (Courtesy)
April 1, 2021, 11:22 pm
Military liaison: Israel should end security ties with PA if Hamas wins election
COGAT head Kamil Abu Rukun says he’ll recommend ‘stopping everything,’ also opposes allowing ballots to be cast in East Jerusalem, a major sticking point for Palestinians
By TOI staff
(L) Shin Bet head Nadav Argaman (Miriam Alster/Flash90) and (R) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Alaa Badarneh/Pool Photo via AP)
April 1, 2021, 9:13 am
Abbas said to tell Shin Bet head he won’t call off elections: ‘You built Hamas’
Argaman reportedly also raised ICC probe into alleged war crimes, to which PA president responded: ‘You and I can share a prison cell’
By Aaron Boxerman and TOI staff
Nasser al-Kidwa arrives at the Central Elections Committee in Ramallah to present a list of candidates for the Palestinian legislative elections in May (Screenshot: Al-Jazeera)
March 31, 2021, 9:10 pm
In major challenge to Abbas, Barghouti, Arafat nephew form joint slate for vote
Shakeup could severely weaken Fatah and help its rivals in Hamas terror group, raises chances election will be nixed; former PA prime minister Fayyad registers his own list
By Aaron Boxerman
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