Accusations fly as Abbas expected to delay Palestinian elections

Hamas blames Israel, calls for elections to be held in East Jerusalem even without its consent; but PA is also driven by anxiety over potential Hamas success

Israel braces for fallout as Abbas expected to delay Palestinian elections (Times of Israel)
Hamas, which stands to make gains in the vote, warns it will hold Israel responsible if ballot is postponed over dispute on East Jerusalem voting; Israel says it’s not intervening

Hamas: Israel responsible for delaying Palestinian elections, 'Jerusalem vote is a red line' (Haaretz)
The Gaza-based group calls on the Palestinian Authority to hold the vote – the Palestinians' first in 15 years – in Jerusalem even without Israel's consent

The high cost of delaying Palestinian elections (Al-Monitor)
Whether to postpone the Palestinian elections will be decided on April 29. What are the scenarios and possible repercussions of such a decision on the Palestinian scene?

EDITORIAL: Israel is not prepared for the Palestinian elections (Jerusalem Post)
The truth is that the blame lies with the PA and Hamas. The problem for Israel is it allowed the slouching toward elections to occur without bothering to consider the various train-wreck outcomes