DRAH: Elections must include all Palestinians Everywhere

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

[ 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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Apartheid Democracy: Israel Elects Itself

 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

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

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 […]

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

[ 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

[ 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

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

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

[ 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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Hamas calls off election registration in Gaza due to repression of its members in WB

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

[ 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

[ 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

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

[ 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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