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Palestinian elections
A Palestinian gestures next to campaign posters depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and far-right candidate Itamar Ben Gvir (L) in the West Bank town of Hebron on September 7, 2019. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
September 9, 2019, 8:13 am
As Israel returns to polls, Palestinian democracy in stasis
Factional rivalries, infighting and Israeli restrictions have left the ‘first Arab democracy’ without elections since 2006
By AFP and TOI staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, walking in a hospital, on May 21, 2018. (screen capture: Twitter)
April 28, 2019, 9:52 pm
Abbas makes trip to Berlin for ‘routine’ medical check — Palestinian official
Source says PA president, 83, in good health, despite long history of medical issues
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Maltese President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca in Ramallah on January 31, 2019. (Wafa news agency)
February 1, 2019, 1:19 am
PA chief says he hopes for broad cooperation to hold legislative elections
But Israel’s public security minister says Israel won’t allow voting in East Jerusalem, a precondition Abbas has set for polling to take place
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (Flash90, Said Khatib/AFP)
December 18, 2018, 10:31 pm
Poll shows Hamas leader would defeat Abbas to win Palestinian elections
Pollster links Ismail Haniyeh’s rising popularity to perceived Hamas win in its recent Gaza confrontation with Israel, dissatisfaction with PA policies
By Agencies and TOI staff
Palestinians wave their national flag as they demonstrate in Gaza City on April 22, 2014. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
November 22, 2017, 10:02 pm
Palestinian factions call for presidential, legislative elections by end of 2018
These would be first votes since 2006; After two days of negotiations in Cairo, sides still deadlocked over the fate of Hamas’s military wing
By Dov Lieber
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair addresses a news conference in London on July 6, 2016, following the release of the Iraq Inquiry report. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool/AFP)
October 15, 2017, 10:03 am
Tony Blair laments boycotting Hamas after 2006 PA election
Former British PM and peace envoy says Quartet should have tried to moderate the terror group’s positions instead of setting preconditions
By TOI staff
Tayseer Abu Sneineh (Facebook photo)
May 14, 2017, 8:29 pm
Palestinian terrorist in killing of 6 Jews elected Hebron mayor
Tayseer Abu Shneineh to head biggest West Bank city; Fatah wins few seats, despite Hamas refusal to run
By TOI staff and AFP
Young men sit on a ledge past campaign posters displaying an electoral list ahead of municipal elections in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, on May 10, 2017. (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
May 11, 2017, 5:49 pm
Palestinian elections highlight Hamas-Fatah division
Municipal voting being held Saturday in West Bank only; turnout expected to be only some 42%
By Sarah Benhaida
Ahmed Attoun is escorted by police as he leaves the Jerusalem's Magistrate's Court on October 3 2011. (Sliman Khader/FLASH90)
April 12, 2017, 11:54 am
Israel arrests Hamas officials in West Bank raid
Ahmed Attoun joins 13 other Palestinian lawmakers in Israeli custody; spokesman for Gaza terror group also picked up near Ramallah
By TOI staff
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, October 20, 2012. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
February 28, 2017, 6:25 pm
PA says elections to be held in West Bank only
Hamas, which had threatened to boycott May’s vote, says leaving out Gaza is a ‘recipe for division’
By Dov Lieber and TOI staff
Members of the Palestinian Hamas security forces take part in a graduation ceremony in Gaza City on January 22, 2017. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
February 16, 2017, 4:12 pm
Hamas issues ultimatum over Palestinian local elections
Terror group tells PA it will boycott West Bank vote, ban polls in Gaza Strip unless raft of demands met
By Dov Lieber and TOI staff
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, October 20, 2012. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
January 31, 2017, 5:27 pm
Palestinians set delayed local elections for May 13
PA ministers schedule first vote since 2006, though Hamas in Gaza expected to shun ballot
By AFP and AP
Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas casts a vote at the Muqataa, the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the city of Ramallah, West Bank, December 3, 2016. (Ahmad Gharabli/Pool photo via AP)
December 4, 2016, 1:43 pm
Palestinian Fatah party ends conference with boost for Abbas
Loyalists Marwan Barghouti and Jibril Rajoub set for key Central Committee victories as rival Dahlan kept from power
By AP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud 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)
December 3, 2016, 5:19 pm
Fatah picks party officials amid talk of Abbas succession
As PA leader seeks to quell internal rivalries, Saturday’s vote seen as an indicator of the strengths and weaknesses of various factions
By Sarah Benhaida
Members of the Palestinian security forces stand guard as they patrol the West Bank city of Nablus on August 23, 2016 during ongoing clashes between Palestinian gunmen and security forces. (AFP PHOTO / JAAFAR ASHTIYEH)
November 16, 2016, 1:06 pm
Bystander killed, 3 police hurt in renewed Nablus clashes
Officials say gunmen took cover among IDF troops leaving West Bank town in overnight gunbattle
By Dov Lieber
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