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national elections since 2006, keeping the Fatah-ruled PA in power in the West Bank
national votes, with no legislative elections held since 2006. In cities across the occupied West Bank
West Bank [AFP] The elections come as the Palestinian Authority (PA) seeks to project reform and legitimacy amid [growing public frustration](/features/2026/4/25/west-bank-scepticism-as-palestinians-doubt-local-elections-will-change-much) over corruption, political stagnation and the absence of national elections since 2006
since 2006. Elections are taking place across the occupied West Bank, as well as in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza where Hamas operates. Hamas was not allowed to stand in the election and several
national unity, adding that "we hope that presidential and legislative elections will follow." The Palestinian Authority, however, has not held a presidential election in 21 years, and support for it and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
West Bank and, for the first time since 2006, in part of Gaza, went to the polls on Saturday in [municipal elections](/news/2026/4/26/abbas-loyalists-sweep-palestine-elections-in-occupied-west-bank-gaza-city) – despite many Palestinians [doubting](/features/2026/4/25/west-bank-scepticism-as-palestinians-doubt-local-elections-will-change-much) that these votes would be able
elections. He was later appointed as national security minister and given control of Israel’s Border Police division in the occupied West Bank. A settler in Kiryat Arba, one of the most radical settlements
since the first government formation after the 2003 US-led invasion, the presidency goes to the Kurds, the speakership to Sunni Arabs and the post of prime minister to Shia Arabs. On April 11, Nizar
West Bank. But while Trump is scaling back, aware of the war’s unpopularity domestically and the impact of rising inflation and oil prices, analysts inside Israel believe Netanyahu is now seeking to broaden