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March 8, 2021 at 12:04 pm | Published in: Middle East, News, Palestine (L to R) Deputy Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Abu Ahmad Fuad, Assistant Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) Talal Naji, Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine Ziad al-Nakhala, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, and Deputy Secretary-General of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) ...

Published date: 30 January 2021 13:03 UTC | Last update: 1 month 2 weeks ago As Palestinian factions prepare to travel to Cairo next month to hold talks on elections, which, if held, would be the first in 15 years, new obstacles have surfaced with President Mahmoud Abbass amendments to laws that experts say could protect him from undesired results.  The Cairo dialogue is reportedly set to take place in the Egyptian capital in the first week of Februa...

January 18, 2021 at 12:57 pm Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas issued a presidential decree on Friday to hold parliamentary, presidential and Palestinian National Council elections on 22 May, 31 July and 31 August respectively. This was the first such decree in fifteen years for the Palestinians in the occupied territories including the Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem. The announcement followed a few major amendments to the election law. "Amending the election law is an i...