Abbas ‘Postponed’ Democracy – So, Who Speaks On Behalf Of The Palestinian People? 

Abbas ‘Postponed’ Democracy – So, Who Speaks On Behalf Of The Palestinian People? 

In April 2021, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree postponing parliamentary and presidential elections, which were scheduled to take place in May and July respectively. The then-85-year-old Palestinian leader justified his unwarranted decision as a result of a ‘dispute’ with Israel over the vote of Palestinians living in the occupied Palestinian city of […]