Palestinian president decides — on his own — to postpone elections
Palestinian president decides — on his own — to postpone elections The rationale was that Israel refused to allow residents of East Jerusalem to participate. A man uses his phone to film a televised speech by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas regarding planned Palestinian elections at a coffee shop in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on April 29, 2021. Abbas said he was postponing the vote. - HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images April 30, 2021 While he appears to have received the support of the majority of an unelected group of Palestinians that are referred to as t...
Source: al-monitor.com