Attacks Put Palestinian Vote in Jeopardy
The Palestinian central election commission shut its doors Tuesday in protest after masked gunmen burst into its
West Bank and Gaza offices, firing in the air and hauling off computers — jeopardizing next month’s parliamentary election, the first in a decade. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas orders his security forces to protect election workers, but officials privately conceded that violence could endanger the Jan. 25 vote — seen as a key to establishing a credible government that could conduct peace talks with
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