Palestinian Elections

Can Fatah’s Democratic Reform faction handle peace with both Israel and Hamas?

PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS: Politically active Palestinians argue that Palestinians must learn to coexist with people they may profoundly disagree with, and do so peacefully.

MOHAMMAD DAHLAN, leader of Fatah’s Democratic Reform faction, has called for Palestinians to put past divisions aside and build a political system in which elections transfer power, and institutions are ‘greater than individuals.’
A Palestinian man walks past graffiti showing Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti in Bethlehem, West Bank.

The Barghouti ‘myth’: Why Palestinians still want a leader they barely know - interview

YASSER ABBAS attends the results announcement of Fatah’s Eighth General Conference, in Ramallah, May 18.

The world is watching Israel’s election while ignoring the Palestinian one - opinion

MARWAN BARGHOUTI is escorted in handcuffs by police into Jerusalem Magistrates Court in 2012.

Marvel actors join campaign calling for release of Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti


Letters to the Editor April 21, 2021: Mutiny re: the bounty

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Are Jerusalem riots linked to the Palestinian elections? - analysis

This is Fatah's way of winning votes - by presenting itself as being at the forefront of the battle against Israeli measures and policies in the city.

Israeli border police clash with Palestinians outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, April 15, 2021.

Prisoners to Abbas: Delay elections, nominate Barghouti as VP

Prisoners belonging to Mahmoud Abbas's ruling faction called for him to delay elections to Palestinian parliament.

PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas – not saying anything about the elections, but working behind the scenes?

Marwan Barghouti to run in PA presidential election

Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti will run in the Palestinian Authority presidential election slated for July 31.

PALESTINIAN YOUTHS carry flags with the image of Marwan Barghouti during a protest in the West Bank

Palestinian Election: Nearly a third of party logos erase Israel from map

Among these parties are two of the major front-runners: Hamas and Fatah.

Palestinians take part in a rally marking the 31st anniversary of Hamas' founding, in Gaza City

Hamas: IDF crackdown won’t stop us from running in elections

“Hamas is using the arrests to gain more sympathy among the Palestinians.”

HAMAS MEMBERS in Gaza.

Palestinian factions: No elections without Jerusalem

Palestinian civil society activists warned the Palestinian leadership against using the issue of Jerusalem as an excuse to delay or even cancel the elections.

Wadi al-Joz in east Jerusalem

Gunmen attack home of Palestinian candidate in Hebron

No one was injured in the incident, which is seen as a sign of mounting tensions among members of the ruling Fatah faction ahead of the election.

City of Hebron

Palestinian Elections: Cast a ballot for the killer, terrorist - opinion

Abbas has taken no initiative, placed his head in the sand to the new realities of the region, and has done nothing to make the lives of his people better or promise them a brighter future.

FATAH LEADER Marwan Barghouti is escorted in handcuffs into the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in 2012.

Palestinian Elections: The great festival of democracy - opinion

The Palestinians have an opportunity to demand from those who wish to represent them to lay down their positions and their visions on the future of Palestine.

A WORKER from the Palestinian Central Elections Commission registers a man in February for the parliamentary and presidential elections in the West Bank.