APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 17 March 2021. The head of Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Issam Younis, lawyer, Raji Sourani, and Jamil al-Khalidi, director of the regional office of the elections commission, attend a workshop
01.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) The head of Al Mezan Center for Human Rights Issam Younis
01.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Jamil al-Khalidi, director of the regional office of the elections commission
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Fourteen different Palestinian factions on Tuesday signed an agreement to abide by an electoral “honor code” in the upcoming Palestinian elections, following negotiations in Cairo.
“We are keen on conducting the electoral process in all its stages with transparency and integrity,” the Palestinian factions said in a statement.
The Palestinian factions, which included the rival Fatah and Hamas movements, pledged not to incite “religious, sectarian, tribal, regional, familial or racial sentiments” and to refrain from violent intimidation.
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