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election in the West Bank, running unchallenged in many seats. ## Low voter turnout in Gaza Fatah spokesperson Abdul Fattah Dawla noted that turnout was close to that for the last
West Bank not under Israeli control. Fatah, the faction led by President Mahmoud Abbas and which dominates the PLO, was violently ousted from Gaza by Hamas in the aftermath of the last elections
Gaza that Israel withdrew from last year under the current ceasefire, did not field candidates and did not try to block the vote. Turnout in the West Bank elections
West Bank. Ramiz Alakbarov, the United Nations deputy special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, called the elections “an important opportunity for Palestinians to exercise their democratic rights during an exceptionally challenging period”. Hamas
Gaza. Slovenia’s premier, Robert Golob, who was re-elected in a tight election this March, has been a vocal critic of Israel’s war and, in August 2025, his government announced
elections. The shift has been particular marked on the left. When Bernie Sanders, a US senator, first tabled a joint resolution of disapproval (JRD) to oppose arms sales to Israel last year, it received votes
elections in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Hebron on 25 April 2026. Photograph: Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images Most electoral lists are aligned with President Mahmud Abbas’s secular-nationalist Fatah party or running
Gaza. Settlers have attempted to re-establish it over the years, and it is one of four former West Bank settlements to recently be approved by the Israeli government, in violation of international
elections, and continues to [spend heavily](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/16/aipac-pro-israel-super-pac-elections) ahead of the November midterms. “Maybe, just maybe, the Senate should start listening to their constituents and not just to the wealthy individuals who fund Aipac
last Palestinian national election 20 years ago – and she doesn’t plan to this time, either. “They will choose a new group of decisionmakers, and I believe they will do the same according
last week said Israel and Lebanon had agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks after talks between them were held at the White House to reach a long-term deal, which includes the disarmament