Posted on 04/13/21
| News Source: i24
Palestinian civil society activists warned leadership not to delay or cancel vote, using J'lem as an excuse
Just as it seemed that the first Palestinian elections would take place in some 15 years, several factions - including that of ruling Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party - warned they would not take place without Jerusalem.
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“There will be no Palestinian elections without Jerusalem, and Israel possesses no veto to this,” the Palestinian factions said in a joint statement following a meeting to discuss the subject, reported The Times of Israel (TOI).
“The election process must become a state of confrontation and comprehensive popular resistance in Jerusalem and all the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967,” the PLO factions added. Read more at i24