Israel adopting hands-off approach to Palestinian elections
“Israel has not taken an official stance on the matter… but at the moment, Israel is not doing anything to prevent the election.”
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas hands an election decree to chairman of the Palestinian Central Election Committee, Hana Naser, in Ramallah, January 2021(photo credit: PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT OFFICE/REUTERS)ByLAHAV HARKOV, KHALED ABU TOAMEH