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Palestinian factions agree on elections

France24

CAIRO (AFP) -

Palestinian factions said Wednesday they agreed on the need to hold elections by the end of 2018 and praised the unity deal aimed at ending a long-running dispute between Fatah and Hamas.

The call for elections was made in a joint statement at the end of two days of closed-door talks attended by representatives of 13 leading political parties.

The factions called on the electoral commission to prepare for presidential and legislative elections to be held by the end of next year at the latest.

They asked Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to set a date for the polls after consulting with all sides.

The factions also praised the unity deal struck between the two largest parties -- Hamas and Fatah -- in October.

The Egyptian-sponsored agreement is aimed at ending the 10-year rift between them, and calls on Hamas to cede power in the Gaza Strip to Fatah by December 1.

The statement said the reconciliation deal between the Islamist movement Hamas and Abbas's Fatah party was a "realistic start to end divisions".

It underscored the "importance of removing all obstacles in the path of the government's efforts to immediately assume its responsibilities towards our people".

There have been no Palestinian parliamentary elections since Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007 from Fatah, which dominates the Palestinian Authority government in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.


As it says. Elections have been agreed upon. Both Fatah's PA & the Hamas-majority Legislative Council terms have expired so this needs to be settled
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LehmanB wrote:Will it matter?


Ultimately I doubt much will change no matter whom wins. Both the one-state solution and two-state solution aren't even faintly on the horizon atm. And there is the sore-loser factor. There might be a civil war because of whom loses, etc.
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redcarpet wrote:Ultimately I doubt much will change no matter whom wins. Both the one-state solution and two-state solution aren't even faintly on the horizon atm. And there is the sore-loser factor. There might be a civil war because of whom loses, etc.

They are both great enemies for Israel, are dictates and are making their own people miserable. Whatever happens, they should remain in control only on the Arabic people. Israel should NOT expend their territory on the Jewish and empty areas (area C).
I sensierly believe Israel should keep its full territory and creating Hamas and bringging in Arafat (Fatah) was a big mistake already and we should not expend this horror. Their internal politics, siege, game between Hamas and Fatah, is nothing but continuous middle solution. Unfortunately, there can't be any further solution nearby, and perhaps there shouldn't be.

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