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Mar. 9, 2021
The Strategy and National Security Conference being organized Wednesday by Haaretz and the Commanders for Israel’s Security NGO will be held without the participation of a single Arab citizen. At first I told myself: Okay, what do we Israeli Arabs have to do with such lofty matters? They are of concern only for the chosen few. Ordinary folks like us would be better off organizing a “Bread and Labor Conference.” But after I looked at the list of participants, all good kosher Jews, of course, I realized that one of them, at least, also has nothing to do with strategy: What does Betzalel Smotrich, that champion of racial purity, have to do with security matters?
Elections do not reflect Palestinian aspirations
Talmiz Ahmad
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. (AP photo)
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On Jan. 15, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that elections to the 132-member Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) would be held May 22, presidential elections on July 31, and elections to the 351-member Palestinian National Council on Aug. 31. These will be the first elections for the PLC and the presidency in more than 15 years, while the PNC, the apex policymaking body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), has never held elections.
Abbas was elected for a four-year term in 2004 but has remained in office since then, citing logistical, political and security grounds to avoid a fresh mandate. PLC elections were held in January 2006. Much to the shock of Abbas’ party, Fatah, and the Israelis, the Islamist party Hamas won 44 percent of the vote and 74 of the 132 seats, while the ruling Fatah received 41 percent
AMMAN: Palestinian political figure Nasser Al-Qudwa has said that he has “crossed the river” and will not reverse his plans to run on a list outside his own Fatah movement in the country’s elections. When Arab News asked whether he will continue his “Democratic Assembly” if imprisoned leader Marwan Barghouti does not support him, he said: “There is no turning back.” Al-Qudwa
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