Hamas slams Abbas’s decision to delay Palestinian vote as a ‘coup’
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(Worthy News) – The Palestinian Hamas movement on Thursday slammed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision on Thursday 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 served by executive fiat since his mandate expired in 2009. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]
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