Israel Tell Palestinians of East Jerusalem: You Can t Vote Published January 28th, 2021 - 08:14 GMT
A view on rooftops of Old City of Jerusalem (Shutterstock)
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Israel has not officially commented on Shtayyeh’s remarks.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced plans to hold legislative elections on May 22 and presidential polls on July 31, for the first time in 15 years.
Concerns, however, have been rising that Israel might hinder the vote in the occupied East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians want as the capital of their future state.
Around 340,000 Palestinians are estimated to be living in the occupied city, according to unofficial Palestinian estimates.
2021-01-28 15:05:37 GMT2021-01-28 23:05:37(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
RAMALLAH, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) The Fatah party headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that Fatah insists on holding the general elections in the Palestinian territories on time.
Osama al-Qawasmeh, Fatah s spokesman in the West Bank, said in a press statement that Fatah won t step back on holding the elections under any circumstances. The upcoming Palestinian elections are crucial and important in the path of the Palestinian national struggle to reach our legitimate goals of freedom and independence, al-Qawasmeh noted.
On Jan. 15, Abbas issued a presidential decree setting the dates for holding the legislative and presidential elections as well as a vote for the Palestinian National Council.
Russia suggests Mideast peace conference, US pledges to renew Palestinian ties The United States which had firmly sided with Israel under the administration of Donald Trump said Tuesday it intended to restore credible U.S. engagement with Palestinians as well as Israelis. FILE: US Vice-president Joe Biden and Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas shake hands following a meeting at the presidential compound in the city of Ramallah, in the West Bank, on 9 March, 2016. Picture: AFP.
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UNITED NATIONS - Russia backed a Palestinian proposal for a Middle East peace conference, suggesting Tuesday it could be held at ministerial level in spring or summer, as the US said it would move towards renewing ties with the Palestinians under Joe Biden.
Israel s settler population surged during Trump era, data shows
According to West Bank Jewish Population Stats, which does not include 200,000 Israelis living in East Jerusalem, population grew by some 13% since 2017 to reach 475,481, while Israel s entire population only grew by 9%
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Published: 01.27.21 , 17:36
Israel s settler population in the West Bank has grown at a far higher rate than the country as a whole over the last four years, a pro-settler group said Wednesday, a period that coincides with unprecedented acceptance of settlement activity from former U.S. president Donald Trump s administration.
The report by West Bank Jewish Population Stats shows the settler population growing by around 13% since the start of 2017 to reach 475,481. During the same period, Israel s population grew by around 8% to reach nearly 9.3 million, according to the government.
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Barack Obama might not be the 46th president of the United States, but his fingerprints all over the Biden administration couldn’t be more obvious. As I reported on Monday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki snagged the ignominious term “strategic patience” from Obama’s disastrous foreign policy and slapped it onto Biden’s China policy.
And on Tuesday, the Biden administration announced it was restoring relations with the Palestinians those pesky folks who have a proclivity for indiscriminately firing rockets into Israeli civilian areas every now and again
as well as restoring financial aid to Palestinian refugees, à la the Obama administration, as reported by the Associated Press.