Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas announces presidential election in early 2027

President Abbas has issued a decree calling for presidential elections in early 2027 and for legislative elections to be held in November of this year, official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, without saying if he would run.

Settler products from occupied Palestine sold to Europe as Israeli, investigation finds

Shipments deliberately mislabelled to bolster settler economy, says non-profit Global Echo Israeli exporters to Europe regularly hide the origin of produce grown in occupied Palestine to qualify for unlawful tax breaks that bolster the settler economy, a rights group investigation has found. The legal non-profit Global Echo analysed more than 30,000 export documents for thousands of Israeli shipments to the UK and EU over eight years. Continue reading...

By Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem and Lorenzo Tondo in Ein al Beida

Oxford Union’s first Palestinian president faces down smear campaign

Arwa Elrayess, the Oxford Union president, says that British media falsely accused her of justifying the Oct 7 attacks.

Palestinian leader Abbas announces elections

Presidential and legislative elections haven't taken place in the Palestinian territories for twenty years due to war and occupation, with veteran President Mahmoud Abbas ruling by decree.

Hiam Abbass Set for Timely Dark Comedy ‘Occupational Hazards,’ About a Palestinian Family in Jerusalem (EXCLUSIVE)

Hiam Abbass, who played Marcia Roy in HBO’s “Succession,” will soon be on the big screen in the politically-charged dark comedy “Occupational Hazards,” about a Palestinian family in Jerusalem contending with the risk of forced displacement. Bassel Ghandour (“Theeb,” “The Alleys”) has just completed principal photography in Jordan on the timely satirical film, which takes its cue […]

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Palestinian Authority to hold presidential elections in 2027, Mahmoud Abbas says

The report also mentioned that Abbas is expected to issue a decree calling for elections to the PA's legislative council, which are scheduled for November 2026.

Palestinian leader Abbas announces presidential election in early 2027

Abbas, 90, won the last Palestinian presidential election in 2005 with a mandate of four years, meaning his term should have expired in 2009. The post Palestinian leader Abbas announces presidential election in early 2027 appeared first on Vanguard News.

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