(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - Palestinians will hold municipal elections on Oct. 8 and, unlike the last elections in 2012, this time Hamas will participate. Local elections are supposed to be about who can provide the people with the best municipal services and improve their living conditions. But Hamas has seized the opportunity to wage a massive election campaign on social media to promote its ideology through intimidation. Hamas' message: Vote for us or else you will be considered infidels and you will end up in hell. Top Hamas mufti Yunis Al-Astal issued a fatwa (Islamic religious decree) banning Palestinians from voting for any party other than Hamas. "A vote for Hamas is a vote for the resistance and a vote in support of Allah and Islam," reads one Hamas election banner. Other banners posted on social media highlight the fact that most Fatah representatives are not faithful Muslims. In the previous parliamentary election, Hamas used the same propaganda to brainwash and scare Palestinian voters. By calling the election and allowing Hamas to participate, Abbas is digging his own grave. Not to mention that he will be presiding over the burial of any peace process with Israel.
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