The Central Elections Commission is examining tens of appeals against candidates for the parliamentary elections, including the head of the list registered by dismissed Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan. According...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi have shared concerns in a phone call about Hamas's potential victory in the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary election,...
Hamas on Monday stressed it would not accept holding Palestinian parliamentary election without the participation of Palestinians in Jerusalem. In a statement, member of the movement's political bureau Ezzat...
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The Central Elections Commission has completed the first phase of preparations for holding the legislative elections, by formally registering the 36 competing electoral lists that will compete for the...
Of the 36 lists that had applied to run in the election, seven are parties while 29 are independent lists
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April 6, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud If imprisoned Palestinian leader, Marwan Barghouti, becomes the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the status quo will change substantially. For Israel, as well as for the current PA...
The Palestinian Authority (PA) yesterday urged the international community to take immediate action against Israel's settlement expansion and "ethnic cleansing". In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign...
The Palestine Authority (PA) yesterday urged the Quartet on the Middle East to pressure Israel into allowing Palestinian parliamentary elections to take place in occupied East Jerusalem, Wafa news agency reported....
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US Head of Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Kamil Abu Rukun has warned that Israel "will stop everything" if Hamas wins the upcoming parliamentary elections, the Times of...
Palestinian factions on Saturday criticised the "offensive" remarks made by dismissed Fatah official Nasser Al-Qudwa who claimed that everyone has problems with Islamic political movements. In an interview with...
Member of Fatah's Central Committee Rawhi Fattouh called on Fatah members and supporters not to fear the fragmentation of the main Palestinian secular movement after no agreement was reached...
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announced on Friday that it is ready to form a coalition government after the parliamentary election. Speaking to Al Jazeera Mubasher TV, Hamas...
As many as nine members of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah – withdrew on Thursday from the movement's electoral list for parliamentary elections just as the Central...
The Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas is claimed to have slammed the Israeli intelligence service's interference in the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary elections scheduled for May, Israel's public broadcaster KAN...
Al-Qudwa heads the list and Marwan Barghouti’s wife, Fadwa, is his deputy.
An Executive Member of the Central Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation called on Tuesday for the international community to bear the consequences of Israel's possible refusal to allow...
Imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti is expected to get the largest number of votes if he runs for president, Director of the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research,...
The list was named “Jerusalem is Our Goal” said Abdel-Latif Al-Qanou, Hamas' spokesman
Israeli occupation authorities have rejected the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein Al-Sheikh's request to visit senior imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, Shehab News Agency reported on...
Secretary-General of the Palestinian People's Party (PPP) Bassam Al-Salhi announced on Sunday his party's failure to unite the Palestinian left-wing, local Palestinian news agencies reported. Al-Salhi, a member of the Palestine...

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March 26, 2021 |
Ismail Haniyeh Ismail Haniyeh is the head of the Hamas Political Bureau, and the former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister. This article was first published by Anadolu Agency, and has been edited...
64-year-old Jamila Al-Shanti was elected to the highest political decision-making body of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement on 14 March 2021
The Palestinian Authority and Hamas have agreed to establish a "national unity government", a senior official announced yesterday. According to Jibril Rajoub, the accord is based on an "internationally-recognised...
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Wednesday condemned the Israeli detention campaign against its officials and ex-detainees in the West Bank and stressed that this would not undermine...
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March 24, 2021 |
Dr Adnan Abu Amer Hamas has revealed that it has met with the ambassadors of Russia, Turkey, Iran, and South Africa in Qatar — Nur Muhammad Khulov, Mustafa Goksu, Hamid Reza Dehghani, and...
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Turkey A senior member of the Fatah Central Committee said on Monday that the movement has been giving its members weeks to prepare a list of possible candidates for the...
Fatah is going to stand in the parliamentary elections on its own list, Anadolu reported the movement's Secretary Jibril Al-Rajoub saying yesterday. "There will be no joint list with any other...
Head of Israel's Shin Bet Security Agency Nadav Argaman has secretly met with Palestinian Authority (PA), Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas and asked him to...
Palestinian Authority (PA), Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas has fired Nasser Al-Qudwa from heading the Yasser Arafat Foundation, Wafa News Agency reported on Friday. This...
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March 17, 2021 |
Dr Adnan Abu Amer The results of the recent elections within Hamas in the Gaza Strip are significant because, for the first time since it was founded in 1987, two women have joined...
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March 17, 2021 |
Mohammad Ayesh The sudden return to the Gaza Strip of a large number of defectors from the Fatah movement cannot be a coincidence in these circumstances and at this time. It...
The Palestinian factions will adopt a code of conduct for the upcoming elections, Fatah Secretary-General Jibril Rajoub said on Tuesday. The Fatah official told Palestine Voice that the code...