Palestinian political parties on Wednesday agreed to hold presidential and parliamentary elections before the end of next year, as reconciliation talks between major factions Hamas and Fatah make slow but steady progress. The elections, announced in a joint statement by Palestinian factions in Cairo, would be the first major poll in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since 2006 when Islamist movement Hamas won the most seats in a parliamentary vote. Those elections caused a conflict between Fatah and Hamas and the Islamist movement...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 22, 2017 22:20 UTC