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Palestine elections: Protests held against decision to postpone parliamentary polls

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to postpone the first elections in 15 years has drawn widespread criticism.

Protesters in Gaza and the occupied West Bank called for parliamentary elections to proceed as scheduled on 22 May.
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