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The delay likely to draw intense domestic criticism, with Abbas and his allies weakened by challengers from within his own divided Fatah party as Hamas spokesperson criticizes the move claiming responsibility is on Abbas's faction
SHARE Palestinians protested on Friday and diplomats expressed disappointment over President Mahmoud Abbas's decision to postpone long-awaited elections. The votes were called after an agreement between Mr Abbas's secular Fatah movement, which controls the West Bank and its long-standing rival Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip coastal enclave. The Palestinian Central Elections Commission said it was suspending the election process after Mr Abbas's decision. Campaigning was supposed to begin on Friday. Hamas said the postponement was a "coup against partnership" and Mr Abbas "would bear full ...
Palestinians blame Israel as parliamentary, presidential elections delayed By Rami Ayyub, Ali Sawafta and Nidal al-Mughrabi Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday postponed planned elections amid a dispute over voting in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem and divisions in his Fatah party. Abbas announced the postponement of parliamentary elections due on May 22, and a senior Palestine Liberation Organization official later confirmed that it extended to the presidential ballot planned for July 31. The 85-year-old president blamed Israel for uncertainty about whe...