Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced that elections for the PLO legislative council will be held in November 2026, and presidential elections next year, according to his statement reported by Israeli journalist Zvi Yehezkeli. The last Palestinian legislative and presidential elections were held in 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has announced a two-stage electoral timeline: elections for the PLO legislative council in November 2026, and presidential elections in 2027. The announcement came on Monday evening, as reported by Israeli journalist Zvi Yehezkeli. The move breaks a long electoral freeze — the last Palestinian presidential election was in 2005, and the last legislative election in 2006. As The Zioneer previously reported on June 14, Abbas had already signaled a 2027 presidential vote; today's statement adds the legislative council date and frames it as an 'election year' process. No further details on logistics, candidate registration, or international observer arrangements have been published. The announcement has not yet been corroborated by additional sources beyond Yehezkeli's report.
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