Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that he was determined to hold presidential and legislative elections as soon as possible, but he was waiting on to “hold elections inside East Jerusalem, the capital of the occupied Palestinian state.” Abbas, on Saturday, demanded the international community compel Israel to stop obstructing the holding of elections, especially in East Jerusalem. “The presidential and legislative elections must be held freely and fairly, in ...
![Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/185638747.jpg?itok=d-v4jM2J "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas [Getty Images]")
![People hold up balloon lamps bearing the image of late former South African president Nelson Mandela during a commemorative ceremony outside the late leader's former home. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/PALESTINE/000_TS-Par7735977.jpg?itok=t8oGIKgF "People hold up balloon lamps bearing the image of late former South African president Nelson Mandela during a commemorative ceremony outside the late leader's former home. [AFP]")
![Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/159917248.jpg?itok=OBhXzX7_ "Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah. [Getty Images]")
![The two-day summit in the Capital Kuwait city will discuss a number of economic and political issues that are of concern to the Arab and African countries. [YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/450523199.jpg?itok=9kwF9sWF "The two-day summit in the Capital Kuwait city will discuss a number of economic and political issues that are of concern to the Arab and African countries. [YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/Getty Images]")
![Signs at the seats where Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestinian representative Saeb Erekat were to sit in a meeting with the Middle East Quartet during the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly September 27, 2013 at UN headquarters in New York. [Stan Honda/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/182028604.jpg?itok=27fXLe1U "Signs at the seats where Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestinian representative Saeb Erekat were to sit in a meeting with the Middle East Quartet during the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly September 27, 2013 at UN headquarters in New York. [Stan Honda/Getty Images]")
![PLO's negotiator Muhammad Shtayyeh says that Israel's ongoing settlement building in Palestine "is a clear sign that [the Jewish state] is not interested in reaching an agreement [with us]" (AP)](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/130728_israel_palestine_ap_605.jpg?itok=jeKO27kV "PLO's negotiator Muhammad Shtayyeh says that Israel's ongoing settlement building in Palestine \"is a clear sign that [the Jewish state] is not interested in reaching an agreement [with us]\" (AP)")
