Abbas can’t make opposition disappear by canceling elections
Ramzy Baroud
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 14, 2014. (Reuters)
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Friday’s decision by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to “postpone” the upcoming elections, which would have been the first in 15 years, will deepen Palestinian division and could signal the collapse of the Fatah movement, at least in its current form.
Unlike the last Palestinian parliamentary elections of 2006, the big story this time was not the Fatah-Hamas rivalry. Many rounds of talks between representatives of Palestine’s two largest political parties had already sorted out many of the details regarding the now-delayed elections, which were scheduled to begin on May 22.
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Israel’s separation wall cordoning off large portions of the West Bank from Israel has divided East Jerusalem’s suburbs from its central city. As a result, about 150,000 of its 314,000 Palestinian residents live outside the walls under Palestinian Authority governance, while the rest are under the city’s Israeli administration.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said early Friday morning that the anticipated Palestinian elections will be postponed “until the participation of our people in Jerusalem is guaranteed.”
“Israel is still determined not to allow elections to take place in Jerusalem, and we, on our part, have repeatedly tried to hold gatherings of representatives and candidates of the electoral blocs [in Jerusalem], but were attacked and barred from holding any activity,” Abbas said, according to the WAFA news agency. “Today, a message came from Israel and the United States stating: ‘We cannot give you an answer on Jerusalem because we don
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has announced the postponement of planned parliamentary elections, saying Israel has failed to confirm it will allow voting in East Jerusalem.
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