Hamas must not be allowed to run in Palestinian elections

Israel plans to work against the inclusion of Hamas candidates in the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary and presidential elections that are due to be held within the next six months in the West Bank and Gaza.

 

The Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement in this regard on Monday following an emergency security cabinet meeting held hours after a swearing in ceremony for the newly united Fatah-Hamas interim government was held in Ramallah.

 

The security cabinet said that Israel would “act, including in the international arena, against the participation of terrorist organizations in elections.”

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