Palestinian Elections

Marvel actors join campaign calling for release of Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti

Barghouti is a former leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a terrorist organization that carried out many suicide bombings and shooting attacks during the Second Intifada.

MARWAN BARGHOUTI is escorted in handcuffs by police into Jerusalem Magistrates Court in 2012.
Hamas militants stand guard near a stage before releasing Israeli hostage Agam Berger to a Red Cross team in Jabalia on January 30, 2025, as part of their third hostage-prisoner exchange; illustrative

Hamas plans to run in upcoming Palestinian elections, to prioritize status quo at al-Aqsa Mosque

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah (L) and Hamas politburo member Khalil al-Hayya.

Mahmoud Abbas's election promise won't bring democracy to Palestinians - opinion

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves as he arrives for the opening the Fatah youth conference in Ramallah on November 27, 2025.

The Palestinian Authority is not ideal. It is necessary for Gaza - opinion


EU: Israel not granting visas to its delegation on Palestinian elections

"The delay has considerably reduced the EU option to observe the 22 May legislative Elections," the EU Representative Office in Jerusalem said.

European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021

Hamas: Arab countries asked Abbas to scrap elections

The senior Hamas official did not mention the names of the countries that reportedly approached the PA president.

MAHMOUD ABBAS covers his head as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recites the Motzei at their joint press conference.

Palestinian elections to pave way for the return of Dahlan?

PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS: Mohammad Dahlan, who was expelled from Abbas’s ruling Fatah faction in 2011 after a fallout with the PA president, has since been living in the United Arab Emirates.

MOHAMMAD DAHLAN gestures in his office in Abu Dhabi, in 2016. Why is Abbas so afraid of him, who was once seen as his trusted ally and close confidant?

'Palestinian infighting will benefit Hamas'

JPost One-on-One weekly 'Zoomcast': Khaled Abu Toameh with Palestinian Professor Mohammed Dajani - Episode 11

Professor Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi

Mohammed Dahlan hints he may run in PA presidential election

Dahlan claimed that Abbas refused to accept vaccines from the UAE.

Palestinians hold posters of Mohammed Dahlan during a Gaza rally, December 18, 2014

Israel, US asked Abbas to delay or cancel Palestinian elections - report

Hamas: Our chances of winning are ‘strong’

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a virtual meeting with Palestinian factions over Israel and the United Arab Emirates' deal to normalize ties, in Ramallah in the West Bank September 3, 2020.

Palestinians fume over PA decree targeting civil society groups

The decree was published on March 2, one week after it was secretly approved by the PA government.

Protesters hold Jordanian and Palestinian flags and shout slogans during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed Middle East peace plan, near the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan, January 31, 2020.

PFLP terror group to participate in Palestinian vote

The PFLP stressed that its participation in the elections “does not mean that it is a partner in the consecration of the humiliating and disastrous Oslo Accords.”

A student supporting Hamas holds a Palestinian flag in a rally during an election campaign for the student council at the Birzeit University in the West Bank city of Ramallah April 26, 2016

Abbas orders release of ‘political’ detainees to facilitate elections

Recently, Hamas officials said that some of their supporters were arrested or summoned for interrogation by the PA security forces.

PA PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas – ‘He makes threats and engages in fiery rhetoric as part of a strategy to appease the Palestinian public.’

Palestinian Authority launches probe into tampering with polling centers

Some Palestinians said they believed the PA security forces were responsible for the changes as part of an attempt to prevent voters from casting their ballots.

PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas – not saying anything about the elections, but working behind the scenes?