The Palestinian Basic Law

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The Palestinian Central Elections Commission finds that it "cannot" hold nationwide elections on 25 January 2010. Read full statement here: http://www.elections.ps/template.aspx?id=500   More...

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We should focus less on personalities and more on underlying dynamics, states Nathan J. Brown in a Carnegie Web Commentary. " There are some good reasons to continue backing Fayyad’s approach, ...   More...

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Nathan J. Brown,  Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment's Middle East programme, argues the US administration should focus less on personalities and more on building a viable Palestinian Authority. Read: Nathan ...   More...

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President Mahmoud Abbas has stated that he does not intend to stand for elections that are scheduled to be held on 25 January 2010. Is he serious? Read: Alertnet,  "Q&A Does ...   More...

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President Mahmoud Abbas announces that he does not wish to stand for presidential elections on 25 January. Read: Alertnet, "Abbas offers to quit over stalled peace process", 5 November 2009, http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L5272732.htm Read: ...   More...

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In a position paper, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights argues that while the presidential call for elections is constituionally sound, elections cannot be held without a reconciliation between Fatah ...   More...

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Fatah has accepted an Egyptian proposal to end the rift witht Hamas. The propsal would delay presidential and parliamentary elections due in January. The preliminary election date is 25 January 2010, but it remains ...   More...

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's government has sacked the mayor of Qalqilya, Wajih Qawas, and his 15-member council. The reason was alleged financial mismanagement by the council. Qawas has been replaced by ...   More...

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«When Hamas and Fatah fought their brief but bitter civil war in June 2007, the outcome was short of Solomonic: the object of contention, the Palestinian Authority, was actually split ...   More...

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In a speech at the first meetiing of the Palestinian National Council (PNC) in 13 years, President Mahmoud Abbas said that he would press ahead with parliamentary and presidential elections ...   More...