The Takeaway: Does Hamas win if Abbas delays Palestinian elections?
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas seems ready to delay next month’s scheduled elections at a meeting on Thursday with PLO and other leaders. The formal election campaign is otherwise scheduled to start on Friday. The stated reason: Abbas is saying that Israel will not allow Palestinians living in Jerusalem to vote in the upcoming legislative elections. No Jerusalem, no elections. Israel has not made a public statement on Jerusalem voting one way or the other but is privately saying it will not interfere in the elections. The real reason: Abbas had envisioned the elections as a ...
Source: al-monitor.com