Follow Mar. 12, 2021 It took four consecutive rounds of voting but this week, Yahya Sinwar managed to get reelected as the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The most sensitive time in an election is always the interval between the closing of polls and the completion of the vote count. It is precisely then that things tend to change. It seems that things ultimately worked out on Wednesday to Sinwar’s satisfaction. The challenge from Nizar Awadallah, a representative of the veteran generation of the movement, was blocked this time, even if that took a great deal of effort. West Bank, Gaza Palestinians won't be voting in Israel's election - would they if they could?