|
Trending Topics
|
Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/517784.html
Fatah Fears Losses to Hamas in West Bank Local Elections
(Ha'aretz)Arnon Regular - The Fatah leadership is concerned that it may lose ground to Hamas in elections scheduled for Thursday in 26 Palestinian municipalities in the West Bank. Inroads by Hamas on the local level are expected to impact seriously on the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council in the summer of 2005. The IDF will allow 1,000 Palestinian policemen to bear arms in some West Bank towns in preparation for the elections, Israel Radio said Wednesday.