What Is To Be Expected of Palestinian Elections? Intervention by Hany Al-Masri, Director General of Masarat Center, at

When answering the question “What is to be expected of Palestinian elections,” the following factors must be considered: First: The election of a representative body after an absence of 15 years means renewing the legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority, activating the legislative authority and benefiting the executive authority. [...] 2 - Al-Qudwa’s contestation of the elections with an independent list that includes Palestinians belonging to a wide political spectrum will change the rules of the game, particularly if the leftist factions contest the elections with their own unified list, and if former member of the Fatah Central Committee Muhammad Dahlan also contests them with his own list, in addition to the participation of. [...] The third scenario: Not holding the elections on the pretext of the political rift, or the existence of the occupation, or the Covid-19 pandemic, or any other excuse. [...] What is required of the international community, in particular the US, Europe and the UN: 3 - A review of the previous position that insists on listing some Palestinian factions as terrorist groups, hence opposing their participation in the next Palestinian government unless they accept the conditions of the International Quartet. [...] - To pressure Israel into allowing the elections to take place in East Jerusalem, in terms of both voting and the running of candidates, as is the case in the rest of the occupied territories.