The provisional Autonomous Government Chairman Abbas has announced that he will postpone the May election of the Autonomous Council in Palestine in the Middle East.
No new dates have been announced, and it is extremely uncertain whether elections will take place in the future, and disappointment is widespread.
Palestinian Authority Chairman Abbas announced on May 30 that he would postpone the election of the Palestinian Authority's council, which was scheduled for May 22.
"We will postpone the election in Jerusalem until it is guaranteed," Abbas said at a press conference, citing the lack of agreement from the Israeli side to hold the election in East Jerusalem, which has territorial disputes. ..
On the other hand, over this election, there was confusion about the mainstream political power Fatah, the mother of Abbas, who was dissatisfied with the chair's leadership, and the influential executives were separated, which was a disadvantage for Abbas. There were also observations that the election might be postponed because of that.
For the first time in 15 years since 2006, the autonomy council elections will focus on improving economic conditions, resolving conflicts between political powers, and triggering peace talks. It was.
However, no new dates have been announced after the postponement, and it is extremely uncertain whether the election will be realized in the future, and there are widespread voices of disappointment and opposition among the residents.
East Jerusalem, a region in the eastern part of Jerusalem where many Palestinians live, has become the center of territorial disputes between Israel and Palestine.
After the founding of Israel in 1948, Jerusalem was divided into east and west, and Israel and neighboring Jordan ruled respectively. It is treated as a territory.
However, the international community did not acknowledge this and adopted a UN resolution calling on Israel to withdraw from the land occupied by the war, and Palestine will make East Jerusalem the capital of the nation to be established in the future.
For this reason, the inclusion of East Jerusalem in the Palestinian elections has always been a source of controversy.
In the 2005 chairman's election and the 2006 self-government council election, the then-Bush administration in the United States urged Israel to approve the election, and a vote was made at the post office in East Jerusalem.
Regarding the election at this time, experts in the Middle East can claim that the Palestinian side "elected in East Jerusalem", while the Israeli side also "voted in East Jerusalem just by mailing the ballot. It cannot be argued, "and points out that the aim was to allow both parties to interpret it conveniently.
Against this historical background, the Palestinian side has requested Israel to approve its implementation in East Jerusalem for next month's elections.
In response, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement yesterday that it did not mention East Jerusalem, but emphasized that "Palestinian elections are an internal issue of Palestine and Israel has no intention of intervening or interfering." Was there.