West Bank to hold municipal elections July 17 (AP) PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 08 February 2010 19:47

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a news conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not seen, in the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007, leaving the Western-backed president in control only of the West Bank. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer, File)AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' government decided Monday to hold municipal elections in the West Bank in July, the first voting since Abbas' Fatah movement was trounced by the militant Islamic Hamas in national polls four years ago.


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