EU to oversee first Palestinian elections in 20 years
European Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, announced that the European Union is prepared to send observers to monitor the Palestinian legislative elections scheduled for November. These will be the first parliamentary elections in over two decades, since they were last held in 2006. This measure aims to bolster the legitimacy of Palestinian institutions and meet the international community's calls for political reform, despite procedural challenges posed by Israeli measures in the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank. The last elections took place in 2006, in which Hamas defeated Fatah, and no legislative council has been convened since 2007.
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