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Coverage dated December 10, 2021

Some 400,000 Palestinians vote in rare municipal elections

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians took part in rare municipal elections across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, following months of simmering anger towards their government and the cancellation

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  1. Independent Tribune

    Some 400,000 Palestinians vote in rare municipal elections (opens Independent Tribune)

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    RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians took part in rare municipal elections across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, following months of simmering anger towards their government and the cancellation

  2. The Week

    Palestinians vote in municipal elections as support for Abbas slips (opens The Week)

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  3. France 24

    Palestinians in West Bank villages hold municipal polls in protest of election postponement (opens France 24)

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    Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank voted Saturday in municipal polls boycotted by the main opposition Hamas, the Islamist rulers of Gaza, in protest at the indefinite postponement of a ge…

  4. The Times of Israel

    Some 400,000 Palestinians cast ballots in rare West Bank municipal elections (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Vote limited to rural areas after Mahmoud Abbas delays voting in cities, amid simmering anger toward the Fatah-controlled PA

  5. France 24

    Palestinians in West Bank villages hold municipal polls (opens France 24)

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    Palestinians in villages in the Israeli-occupied West Bank voted in municipal polls Saturday, amid a boycott by the main opposition Hamas, the Islamist rulers of Gaza, in protest at the indefinite po…

  6. Al Jazeera

    Divisions as Palestinians in occupied West Bank cast local votes (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Palestinians in rural areas vote in the first phase of municipal elections in the West Bank, with Hamas boycotting.

  7. NBC News

    Palestinians vote in local elections amid rising anger with Abbas (opens NBC News)

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    “We need (legislative) elections, to give a horizon to youth, and to make reforms, laws and change,” one 23-year-old voter said.

  8. Deutsche Welle

    Palestinians vote in West Bank elections amid growing anger | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Palestinians in villages in the West Bank have voted in municipal polls amid a boycott by the main opposition Hamas. The Islamist group is protesting against the indefinite postponement of a general election.

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