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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 616

Palestinian elections

An undated image of Palestinian Authority presidential adviser Mahmoud Habbash. (Mahmoud Habbash/Facebook)
December 7, 2023, 10:46 am
Abbas denouncing Hamas, but criticism kept private due to IDF ‘aggression’ – top aide
Mahmoud Habbash tells ToI that Israel undermining US vision for ‘revitalized’ PA by withholding its tax revenues, warns no one will run postwar Gaza if IDF remains or enters at will
By Jacob Magid
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
Journalist Adam Rasgon. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
August 25, 2023, 8:59 am
What Matters Now to journalist Adam Rasgon: The future of the Palestinian Authority
Palestinian affairs reporter looks at the rise of potential Mahmoud Abbas successor and the decline of the PA he hopes to lead, explaining why both have lost support of the masses
By Jacob Magid
Hamas officials at a conference to discuss local elections in the Gaza Strip on August 14, 2023. (via Shehabnews.com)
August 15, 2023, 12:02 am
Hamas talks local Gaza elections — in apparent push for general Palestinian ballot
While PA leader Abbas is in Egypt attending regional summit, pressure mounts throughout Palestinian territories to end his ‘culture of decrees’ and hold elections
By Gianluca Pacchiani
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
Members of Lion's Den are seen in Nablus in an image published by the armed faction on September 3, 2022. (Courtesy; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 15, 2022, 9:10 am
Poll: 72% of Palestinians support forming more armed groups in West Bank
Backing for two-state solution falls to just 32%, with 69% no longer believing it’s possible due to settlement expansion; majority says next Israeli government will annex West Bank
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (center) holds a rare meeting with Hamas terror chief Ismail Haniyeh (fourth from right) under the auspices of Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune, on Tuesday July 5, 2022, in Algiers. (WAFA)
July 5, 2022, 11:55 pm
PA leader Abbas, Hamas’s Haniyeh hold first face-to-face meeting in years in Algeria
Talks between rival leaders pushed for by Algiers after 15 years of infighting that have left Palestinian politics paralyzed
By Aaron Boxerman and ToI Staff
[Illustrative] Palestinian students supporting the Islamic Hamas movement wave national and movement flags as they attend a debate ahead of student council elections at Birzeit University on the outskirts of Ramallah in the West Bank, on May 17, 2022. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
May 19, 2022, 2:05 pm
Hamas supporters celebrate student election win at top West Bank university
Terror group wins 28 of the 51 seats on Birzeit student council, ending longstanding Fatah domination of West Bank student bodies
By AFP and ToI Staff
A Palestinian policeman stands guard outside a voting station as people vote in the local elections in the city of Hebron in the West Bank, on March 26, 2022 (Hazem Bader/AFP)
March 26, 2022, 4:21 pm
Palestinians hold West Bank local elections as independent lists proliferate
Hamas formally boycotts vote, but some members still competing across region; Palestinians have not seen national elections for over a decade and a half
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian female candidates for local council elections prepare campaign merchandise in their village of Burqin, west of Jenin in the West Bank, on December 2, 2021. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
December 11, 2021, 12:28 am
All-female electoral list seeks to shake-up male-dominated Palestinian society
The slate dubbed Qaderat, meaning capable in Arabic, will run in Saturday’s local elections in the West Bank; Hamas boycotting election, no voting to be held in Gaza
By Hossam Ezzedine and Yasmin Zaher
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas casts his vote in Fatah elections at the Muqataa, the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the city of Ramallah, on December 3, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)
November 10, 2021, 7:21 pm
After national vote nixed, PA seeks legitimacy in local elections
With a 2-part structure that starts with Fatah strongholds and leaves contested cities for later, ballots are seen by some as just an attempt to hush increasingly loud critics
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian Central Election Commission workers register citizens in preparation for elections, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 10, 2021. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
September 22, 2021, 11:38 pm
Hamas rejects Palestinian Authority’s call for municipal elections
Islamist terror group plans to boycott local Palestinian vote unless presidential, legislative elections also held; PA president indefinitely delayed national vote in April
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
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wears a mask upon his arriving to head the Palestinian leadership meeting at his headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, Pool)
April 29, 2021, 12:31 am
Israel braces for fallout as Abbas expected to delay Palestinian elections
Hamas, which stands to make gains in the vote, warns it will hold Israel responsible if ballot is postponed over dispute on East Jerusalem voting; Israel says it’s not intervening
By ToI Staff
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