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Abbas postpones Palestinian elections to September 2027
Original: Abbas postpones Palestinian elections, sets presidential poll for September 2027
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed national elections and scheduled a presidential poll for September 2027. The move, reported by Reuters, again delays a vote that has been repeatedly postponed since 2021, meaning Palestinians will wait years longer to elect their leadership. Critics are likely to see it as a further extension of Abbas's rule without a popular mandate, while officials frame it around practical and political obstacles in the occupied territories.
Why now: Palestinians and international observers are reacting to another long postponement of long-delayed elections amid the ongoing Gaza war and questions over Abbas's legitimacy.
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