On 30 April, following a seemingly turbulent meeting with Palestinian factions in Ramallah, minus Hamas, the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas announced that Palestinian elections would only be held when Israel allows voting in occupied East Jerusalem. “There will be no concession on Jerusalem and no concession on our people in Jerusalem exercising their democratic rights,” Abbas declared. The delay came on the day that election campaigning was due to start and after extensive preparations, with 93% (2.6 million) of eligible voters already registered. Abbas' decision provoked an immediate outcry. Some Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza took to the
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