The Palestinian Hamas movement slammed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision on Thursday (April 29) night to delay a long-awaited Palestinian vote, calling his move “a coup.
The Palestinian Hamas movement slammed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision on Thursday (April 29) night to delay a long-awaited Palestinian vote, calling his move “a coup.” “This represents a coup against the path of partnership and national consensus.
Our popular and national consensus cannot be pawned as collateral for the agenda of a faction,” Hamas said.
Abbas told a meeting of the Palestinian leadership on Thursday night that he was delaying the first Palestinian elections in over 15 years.
The 86-year-old Palestinian president has continued to serve despite his mandate expiring in 2009.
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