
Divisions and doubt cloud Palestinian election
Reuters - Politics
Many Palestinians welcomed the announcement of the first national elections in 15 years, but scepticism remained over whether they..
The West Bank is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, bordered by Jordan and the Dead Sea to the east and by Israel to the south, west and north. Under Israeli occupation since 1967, the area is split into 167 Palestinian "islands" under partial Palestinian National Authority civil rule, and 230 Israeli settlements into which Israeli law is "pipelined".
Many Palestinians welcomed the announcement of the first national elections in 15 years, but scepticism remained over whether they..