4 resultsfor “significance of Gaza municipal elections”
election will be part of a broader process, including 420 local councils in the occupied West Bank, with Deir el-Balah the sole participating municipality in Gaza. It marks a significant
significance beyond Deir el-Balah. “They are part of a larger system … the West Bank and Gaza,” he explains. “Holding elections today in Deir el-Balah shows the world that we are a democratic people
significant achievement, and we hope to hold elections in other bodies across the Gaza Strip in the near future," he said. The elections in both territories were for the makeup of local councils tasked with
municipal councils and 155 village councils will be filled this way – a majority of local administrative authorities. Historically used in small villages where extended families agreed on candidates, the process is now being applied