Palestinians to hold polls if Israel approves Jerusalem voting: Mahmud Abbas
The Hindu
Israel's foreign ministry said this week that Palestinian elections were an "internal Palestinian issue" which Israel had no intention of "preventing".
Palestinian elections can take place only when Israel approves voting in east Jerusalem, the Israeli-annexed part of the city that Palestinians claim as their future capital, President Mahmud Abbas said Thursday.\ "We will have elections when Israel approves elections in east Jerusalem," Mr. Abbas told a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization, which was set to decide whether the first Palestinian vote in 15 votes would be postponed.More Related News