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![Officials count ballots after Palestinians living in Israel-occupied West Bank voted in the local election, which is boycotted by several Palestinian groups, at the Banat Qasm High School in Ramallah, West Bank on May 13, 2017 [Issam Rimawi / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170513_2_23657436_22059589.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
When the Palestinian Authority applied for approval from the occupying power, Israel declared that it has "no position" on the issue of permitting Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem to...
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