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APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 28 April 2021. Walid Al-Awad, member of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian People's Party speaks during an interview with APA at his office in Gaza City.

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Palestinians are preparing for their first general election in a decade and a half. Many hope for a democratic revival after years of stagnation and splits. The pot of Palestinian politics is being stirred. But that's also awakening anxieties.

The first Palestinian elections in 15 years appeared to be headed for a delay on Tuesday amid a dispute over voting in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem and splits in President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party.

Many Palestinians were sceptical from the start on whether parliamentary and presidential votes planned for May and July would even take place after they were announced by Abbas in January. Now 85, Abbas has been in power since 2005.

Yesterday, the Foreign Ministry’s political director Alon Bar stressed to a group of European Union ambassadors that it has no interest in thwarting the upcoming Palestinian elections.

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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 28 April 2021. Walid Al-Awad, member of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian People's Party speaks during an interview with APA at his office in Gaza City. STORYLINE Palestinians are preparing for their first general election in a decade and a half. Many hope for a democratic revival after years of stagnation and splits. The pot of Palestinian politics is being stirred. But that's also awakening anxieties. The first Palestinian elections in 15 years appeared to be headed for a delay on Tuesday amid a dispute over voting in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem and splits in President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party. Many Palestinians were sceptical from the start on whether parliamentary and presidential votes planned for May and July would even take place after they were announced by Abbas in January. Now 85, Abbas has been in power since 2005. Yesterday, the Foreign Ministry’s political director Alon Bar stressed to a group of European Union ambassadors that it has no interest in thwarting the upcoming Palestinian elections. Footage by Mohammed Salem /APAwire

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