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BBC News By Tom Bateman image captionThe elections will be the first among Palestinians in 15 years Palestinians are preparing for their first general election in a decade and a half. Many hope for a democratic revival after years of stagnation and splits. The pot of Palestinian politics is being stirred. But that s also awakening anxieties. It was the clumsiness of childhood that saved Najwa Odeh s life. The nine-year-old Palestinian knocked her spoon off the dinner table and reached to pick it up when a bullet whistled over her head. It was the Middle East war of June 1967 and Israeli troops were about to capture East Jerusalem from Arab armies. Fighting had erupted outside her family home in the neighbourhood of Silwan.

Al qahirahIsrael generalWest bank generalWest bankPalestinian legislative councilGaza stripMahmoud abbasMarwan barghoutiTom batemanGhassan khatibNasser al qudwaNajwa odehMohammed dahlanAbu mazenYasser arafatFadwa barghouti