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Palestine’s local vote really represent On April 25, Palestinians will vote in local elections to choose representatives to municipal and village councils for four-year terms. These elections come after years of repeated postponements
national elections since 2006, keeping the Fatah-ruled PA in power in the West Bank more than 17 years after its initial mandate expired. Odeh, who will be stepping down, doesn’t believe there
since 2006. Most electoral lists are backed by President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement or independent candidates, with no official participation from Hamas, which controls parts of [Gaza](/news/2026/3/21/tears-and-grief-mothers-day-in-gaza-marked-by-mourning). ## Linking the occupied West Bank