Palestinian Elections

PA elections should be held after Israeli election results, Palestinian think tank says

The Ramallah-based think tank predicted Fatah will not secure a parliamentary majority unless opposition forces remain deeply divided.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A Palestinian woman is seen voting in local elections, in Gaza.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as he visits the Istishari Cancer Center in Ramallah, in the West Bank, May 14, 2025.

Mahmoud Abbas: Do not reverse your most popular decision, extinguish our last bit of hope - opinion

Since the decision to hold elections was announced, nearly two million Palestinians have responded with renewed hope and registered to participate – close to 90 % of eligible voters. 

|BySAMER SINIJLAWI
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.’

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.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
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

Asked how it was possible that a man with limited communication to the Palestinian people could enjoy such popularity, Milshtein explained that it was his absence that allowed his popularity to grow.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Elections in the PA: Not a magic wand

Does Israel really want Abbas to hold an election? Because what happens if he does, and the bad guys — Hamas — wins? Then what?

JANUARY 10, 2021ByHERB KEINON
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a virtual meeting with Palestinian factions over Israel and the United Arab Emirates' deal to normalise ties, in Ramallah in the West Bank September 3, 2020.

Fatah official: Abbas won't seek reelection

In September, Abbas announced in a speech before the United Nations General Assembly that he intends to call for “general elections” in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem.

NOVEMBER 5, 2019ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas