Palestinians to set new date for elections after president accepts delay of January voting Palestinian officials announced Friday that a new date for ...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said presidential and legislative elections scheduled for January will be postponed, confirming that ...
Mahmud Abbas's mandate as Palestinian president, disputed by Hamas, could be extended to avoid a constitutional vacuum, a Palestinian official said on Sunday. "The PLO central committee will discuss the options to avoid a constitutional vacuum" at its meeting due to take ...
GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas authorities did an about face on Saturday and dropped a plan to keep schools in the Gaza Strip open on a Palestinian holiday founded by the rival Fatah faction. An official with Gaza's Education Ministry said schools would ...
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hamas has suspended its rocket launches against Israel since the Gaza Strip war and is similarly curbing other armed Palestinian factions in the territory, Israel's military chief said on Friday. The rare Israeli recognition of Hamas restraint came as ...
The Palestinian electoral commission has said the elections called for January should be postponed because the vote can not take place in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. "I regret to say it is unfortunate that the elections will be postponed," commission head Hanna ...
The Palestinian electoral commission on Thursday said the elections called for January should be postponed because the vote can not take place in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. "I regret to say it is unfortunate that the elections will be postponed," commission head ...
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - More than half of Israelis would support peace talks with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas if it recognized Israel, a poll published on Friday said. The results of the survey conducted by the Israeli Dialog Institute seemed to suggest ...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will accept the recommendation of independent election experts on Thursday to postpone the vote he had scheduled for January, senior officials said. The Central Election Commission said it had advised Abbas to put ...
Abbas to remain president as Palestinian elections delayed; militant group Hamas blamed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who last week said he didn't want to run for re-election, may get to stay in office without a single ballot being cast. The Palestinian Election ...
The Palestinian electoral commission on Thursday said the elections called for January should be postponed because the vote can not take place in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. "I regret to say it is unfortunate that the elections will be postponed," commission head ...
The Palestinian electoral commission on Thursday indefinitely postponed general elections called for January because the vote cannot take place in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. "I regret to say it is unfortunate that the elections will be postponed," commission head Hanna Nasser told ...
