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DRAH: Elections must include all Palestinians Everywhere

February 14, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

DRAH | Febr 13, 2013 Gaza, (DRAH. ps) — Doctor Esam Adwan, the chairman of Division of Refugee Affairs in Hamas movement DRAH stated wdenday morning that the Palestinian intended elections should include all Palestinians everywhere. Adwan stressed that Palestinian factions have a national duty that requires holding elections in all places the Palestinians exist, […]

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Election Commission to begin voter registration in Gaza

January 31, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 31/01/2013 - 04:04 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian elections commission declared the start of voter registration in Gaza on February 11. Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for Hamas movement, said in a statement on Wednesday, after a meeting between the Palestinian factions and the election commission, that the committee has informed […]

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A masked Palestinian girl attends a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails outside the International Red Cross offices in Gaza on 21 January 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Hams)

Apartheid Democracy: Israel Elects Itself

January 22, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Mohamad Bdeir | Al Akhbar English | Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Israel’s recent election has been light on political programs and heavy on personal competition. Talk of the peace process has been marginal, one sign among many of the growing clout of the Israeli right-wing. Before Israel’s 1977 elections, with Likud defeating Labor for the […]

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Eldad Yaniv’s Eretz Hadasha Party Exposes Israel’s Corrupt Oligarchy ~ by @richards1052

January 9, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Tikun Olam | Richard Silverstein | Jan 9, 2013 One new Israeli party in particular has garnered headlines with its accusations of massive political corruption among the political elites. It is Eretz Chadasha (“New Land”), a party founded to take on the “tycoons,” or oligarchy, that controls Israeli commerce and politics. The party’s founder is […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Gaza massacre to boost Netanyahu popularity for #Israel elections ~ Cartoon by @CarlosLatuff

November 17, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Cartoonist E-mail: carlos.latuff 9at) gmail.com MSN: latuffcarlos (at) hotmail.com Mobile: (TIM) +55 21 76552333 DON’T TRUST ON WIKIPEDIA! I DON’T HAVE FACEBOOK! Follow Carlos at twitter: #GazaUnderAttack | NOV 17, 2012 | LIVE BLOG #GazaUnderAttack | NOV 16, 2012 | LIVE BLOG #GazaUnderAttack | NOV 15, 2012 | LIVE BLOG #GazaUnderAttack | NOV 13, 2012 […]

Raddad: The popular boycott to elections confirms the Hamas was right

October 21, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 21/10/2012 - 12:38 PM ] TULKAREM,(PIC)– PLC member Riyad Raddad stated that the Palestinian local elections in the occupied West Bank breaches the reconciliation agreement signed between Fatah and Hamas in Cairo. This election will not serve the reconciliation process and it will strengthen the division, he told Quds press, stressing that it […]

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PCHR rejects holding elections in West Bank due to human rights violations

October 19, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 19/10/2012 - 09:45 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights expressed its deep concern over the elections of local councils in West Bank cities and villages, to be held on Saturday, October 20, under the deterioration of public freedoms and the widespread violations of human rights by PA. The human […]

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Palestinian Authority to Hold Sham Elections ~ by @StephenLendman

October 19, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

opednews.com | Oct 19, 2012 | Stephen Landman PA leaders are traitors to their own people. by Stephen Lendman Longtime Israeli collaborators Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad scheduled West Bank municipal elections on October 20, 2012. Democracy isn’t on the ballot. Palestinians are skeptical for good reason. For the first time since January 25, 2006, […]

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Rizqa: Israeli elections will negatively affect Palestinian issue

October 12, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Palestinian Information Center | Oct 12, 2012 GAZA, (PIC)– Dr. Youssef Rizqa, the political adviser for Palestinian Prime Minister stated that holding early Israeli elections will negatively and indirectly affect the Palestinian issue. Rizqa said in a statement to Quds Press “the effects of the Israeli elections will be indirect on the Palestinian issue, particularly […]

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Reconciliation must come before elections ~ by Khalid Amayreh

July 25, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ 25/07/2012 - 03:12 PM ] From Khalid Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem The elected speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Prof. Aziz Dweik has criticized the Palestinian Authority (PA) for rushing to hold elections without guaranteeing minimal standards of freedom of speech, equal opportunity, transparency and fairness. Speaking during a televised interview Tuesday, Dweik said […]

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Palestinian Central Elections Commission in Gaza City.
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Hamas calls off election registration in Gaza due to repression of its members in WB

July 2, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Maan News Agency | July 2, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A day before electoral registration was due to start in the Gaza Strip, the Hamas government announced on Monday it was calling off the process due to repression of its members in the West Bank. The movement also cited the failure to begin registration […]

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May God be with Egypt ~ by Khalid Amayreh

June 16, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 16/06/2012 - 10:32 PM ] By Khalid Amayreh Employing legalistic chicanery, blatant deceit and contemptible conspiracies, the remnants of the Mubarak regime seem hell-bent on aborting the Egyptian revolution. On Thursday, 14 June, the so-called Constitutional Court, an entity that was utterly silent during 30 years of corruption, tyranny and repression under the […]

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Palestinian factions: Egypt’s new president will be an ally to Palestine

May 23, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 23/05/2012 - 09:45 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Some Palestinian factions expressed their optimism about the first presidential election in Egypt after the January 25 revolution, saying the coming president would be a strong supporter of the Palestinian people. In a press statement to the Palestinian information center (PIC), senior Hamas official and lawmaker […]

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A putsch against war: Israel’s hawks in open revolt against war on Iran

May 5, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

By Uri Avnery | Redress | 5 May 2012 Uri Avnery looks at how a number of leading hardliners in Israel’s military and security establishments have spoken out against the Israeli government’s plans for an attack on Iran’s nuclear installations and called into question the fitness for office of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defence […]

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Abu Zuhri: Elections linked to allowing free political activity

March 19, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 19/03/2012 - 09:44 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas spokesman Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri has called on Fatah faction, which is controlling the West Bank, to abide by recommendations of the freedoms committee and to stop political arrests in order to prepare the atmosphere for holding elections. He told the PIC in a statement […]

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Haniyeh: Elections only way to transfer power

January 29, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Related: All Attacks on Palestinians – Timeline – Category Maan News Agency | Jan 29, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh insisted Sunday that elections are the only way to peacefully transfer power, after meeting in the Gaza Strip with the head of the Central Elections Commission. Haniyeh thanked the commission […]

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Voters Choice: Ron Paul or Bibi Netanyahu

January 15, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Ron Paul stands alone on US foreign policy and wars. By William A. Cook | Palestine Chronicle | Jan 15, 2012 A curious glance at the current crop of presidential candidates makes it clear that Ron Paul stands alone when it comes to the issue […]

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The Abbas-Mishaal encounter: what is next?

November 25, 2011 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. PIC | 24/11/2011 – 11:30 PM | Khalid Amayreh in Ramallah Despite its inconclusiveness, the Cairo meeting between Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Misha’al was a positive step toward the restoration and even solidification of Palestinian national unity. It is […]

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MP: No success for elections without freedom

June 14, 2011 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ 14/06/2011 - 10:02 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– MP Husni Al-Bourini has rejected the decision by minister of economy in the illegitimate Ramallah government Hassan Abu Libde to organize elections for the Nablus chamber of commerce and industry in mid July. The lawmaker charged that the decision ran contrary to the atmosphere of reconciliation and […]

Elections, Palestine

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Benefits of Voter Registration of All Palestinians

May 1, 2011 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

30.04.11 – 15:35| PNN | Palestine News Network Hugo van Randwyck – PNN – Voter registration of all Palestinians – West Bank, Gaza, refugees, diaspora – will help with unity, Unity Elections, help the world ‘see and hear’ the refugees/diaspora, help politicians in other countries peak out and relook at policies. Palestinian Elections – 2010 […]

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Dweik: Call for elections illegal

February 27, 2011 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ 27/02/2011 - 06:21 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Speaker of the Palestinian legislative council Dr. Aziz Dweik has said that the call for legislative and presidential elections was illegal. He told the PIC on Sunday that de facto Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and his premier Salam Fayyad were trying to rid themselves of crises […]

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Palestinians in Europe want elections for all Palestinian people

February 20, 2011 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ 18/02/2011 - 02:08 PM ] BRUSSELS, (PIC)– The Palestinian communities in Europe have made it clear on Thursday that all Palestinian people in occupied Palestine and in the diaspora should participate in any upcoming Palestinian elections, rejecting the PLO’s call to confine it in Gaza Strip and the West Bank only. In a […]