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Palestinian elections

Then-Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 3, 2011. (AP Photo/ Majdi Mohammed, File)
Ex-Fatah strongman Dahlan may join with Hamas to challenge PA’s Abbas at ballot box
By Nurit Yohanan and Jacob Magid
Talks underway with exiled power broker for creation of unified Palestinian list to run in November election, including members of Islamic Jihad, though unclear if slate will get go-ahead, or vote will even occur
(From L-R) Mohammed Dahlan, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah secretary-general Jibril Rajoub and PA Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh. (AP Photo/ Majdi Mohammed, Ramil Sitdikov / AFP, Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
September 1, 2026, 1:47 am
Feuding Fatah officials meet as internal rifts risk poor showing in November election
After reconciliation attempt between Abbas and Dahlan fails to bear fruit, dominant PA party works to heal more bridgeable divisions, such as one between Hussein al-Sheikh and Jibril Rajoub
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026. (Ramil Sitdikov / POOL / AFP)
June 15, 2026, 8:23 am
PA’s Abbas says oft-canceled presidential elections to be held in 2027
Palestinian Authority’s leader has now remained in power for 20 years, 15 years beyond the original date on which he was due to seek re-election
By Nurit Yohanan
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, flanked by his two sons Yasser (L) and Tarek (R), gives a short statement before leaving a hospital near Ramallah in the West Bank on May 28, 2018. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
May 17, 2026, 4:39 pm
Early results in Fatah leadership vote show Abbas’s son, intelligence chief elected
Millionaire Yasser Abbas expected to get seat on party’s powerful Central Committee, as will Zakaria Zubeidi, ex-head of Fatah terror group who was behind dozens of attacks
By Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing. (ToI)
April 29, 2026, 1:56 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 29 – The case of the ‘stolen’ Ukrainian wheat
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the stalled negotiations between the US and Iran, a rare vote for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, and a former Biden official claiming ‘genocide’
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
Palestinians vote during municipal elections, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on April 25, 2026. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)
April 27, 2026, 1:39 am
PA leader Abbas’s loyalists win local elections, including in Gaza’s Deir al‑Balah
First election of any kind in Strip in over 2 decades is cast by Ramallah as a success and ‘another step on the path to full independence’
By Agencies and Nurit Yohanan
Palestinian Christians cast their votes in local elections at a polling station in Bethlehem, West Bank, April 25, 2026. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
April 25, 2026, 11:05 pm
Turnout low as Palestinians in West Bank and part of Gaza vote in local elections
Only 21.2% of registered voters cast ballots in Strip’s Deir el-Balah area, with first vote there since 2006 seen largely as a test for possible future polls
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026. (Ramil Sitdikov / AFP)
February 3, 2026, 8:11 am
Palestinian Authority’s Abbas calls first-ever direct PLO parliament elections
PA leader sets November 1 date for vote on members of the Palestinian National Council, says ballots will also be cast abroad
By Jacob Magid and AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026. (Ramil Sitdikov / POOL / AFP)
January 28, 2026, 6:42 am
Abbas signs decree seen aimed at barring Hamas from participating in local elections
Amendment to election law requires all candidates to sign pledge accepting PLO ‘national program,’ which includes recognizing Israel, two-state solution and renouncing terror
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026. (Ramil Sitdikov / POOL / AFP)
January 25, 2026, 11:16 pm
Voter registration closes for West Bank municipal elections
Ballots for 420 local councils to be cast on April 25, Central Election Commission says; vote also to be held in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah
By AFP and ToI Staff
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
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