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APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 27 April 2021. Lists of independent Palestinian elections, take part in a protest in a protest against the decision to postpone the parliamentary elections, in front of the Central Elections Commission's office
01.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) The official of the Palestinian National Initiative Movement in the Gaza Strip, Aa'ed Yaghi
STORYLINE
The Palestinian leadership will convene later this week to discuss whether to postpone next month’s elections if Israel does not allow voting in the occupied East Jerusalem, where violence by Israeli forces against Muslim worshippers has ratcheted up tensions.
Under interim peace agreements reached in the 1990s, some 6,000 Palestinians in East Jerusalem are allowed to submit ballots through Israeli post offices, which requires Israel’s permission. The rest of the 150,000 Palestinian voters in the city can cast ballots with or without Israel's permission, according to the Palestinian elections commission.
Those 6,000 voters are unlikely to be decisive in an election in which 2.5 million Palestinians are eligible to cast ballots in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza.
The official reason to be given for the delay was Israel’s refusal to allow East Jerusalem residents to vote in the May 22 elections, the first Palestinian legislative elections in 15 years.
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 27 April 2021. Lists of independent Palestinian elections, take part in a protest in a protest against the decision to postpone the parliamentary elections, in front of the Central Elections Commission's office 01.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) The official of the Palestinian National Initiative Movement in the Gaza Strip, Aa'ed Yaghi STORYLINE The Palestinian leadership will convene later this week to discuss whether to postpone next month’s elections if Israel does not allow voting in the occupied East Jerusalem, where violence by Israeli forces against Muslim worshippers has ratcheted up tensions. Under interim peace agreements reached in the 1990s, some 6,000 Palestinians in East Jerusalem are allowed to submit ballots through Israeli post offices, which requires Israel’s permission. The rest of the 150,000 Palestinian voters in the city can cast ballots with or without Israel's permission, according to the Palestinian elections commission. Those 6,000 voters are unlikely to be decisive in an election in which 2.5 million Palestinians are eligible to cast ballots in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza. The official reason to be given for the delay was Israel’s refusal to allow East Jerusalem residents to vote in the May 22 elections, the first Palestinian legislative elections in 15 years. Footage by Ashraf Amra/APAwire
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