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Palestinians to hold general elections by end of 2018

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Published: 23 November 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

After two days of talks in Cairo, Fatah and Hamas agree to hold a legislative and presidential vote, the first since 2006

Palestinian factions call for presidential, legislative elections by end of 2018 (Times of Israel)
These would be first votes since 2006; After two days of negotiations in Cairo, sides still deadlocked over the fate of Hamas's military wing

Palestinian factions on Wednesday called for legislative and presidential elections by the end of 2018, in a declaration released after two days of talks in Cairo.

Hamas and Fatah agree to hold Palestinian general elections by end of 2018 (Haaretz)
Following talks in Cairo on Palestinian reconciliation, Hamas and Fatah defer choice of final date for elections to Abbas

Palestinians wave their national flag as they demonstrate in Gaza City on April 22, 2014. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
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