[[{"content_id":"3119","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"83","user_id":"2","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"2","content_title":"General elections necessary for restoring unity: Hamas","content_number":"","content_date_event":"2019-11-11 09:40:22","content_summary":"A senior leader of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has emphasized the necessity of the upcoming general elections in the besieged Gaza Strip, the East Jerusalem al-Quds, and the occupied West Bank, saying the movement is seeking to \u201crestore unity and end the division at all levels\u201d among Palestinians.","content_summary_fill":"1","content_body":" \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nIsmail Haniyeh, Hamas’ Political Bureau chief, made the remarks during a speech he delivered at a press conference in Gaza City on Sunday, saying there was a national consensus on holding the planned general elections.\r\n\r\n\r\n“The upcoming elections could push Palestinians out of the current deadlock and restore unity and strengthen the resistance front against the occupation,” Haniyeh said, adding, “Hamas will respect the results of the elections, and our Palestinian people are aware of their choices and we are not worried about the options of the ballot box.”\r\n\r\n\r\n“We work with responsibility and power to put an end to divergences and achieve national reconciliation and establish a political system based on the principle of partnership,” Haniyeh further said.\r\n\r\nHe also said that Palestinian resistance groups and forces were working to implement a project of national liberation front to “expel Israeli occupiers” and to regain Palestinian national rights throughout the Palestinian territories.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nPressTV-Israel executing 3 dangerous plans for al-Aqsa: Hamas\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nA senior leader of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement warns that Israel is carrying out three dangerous plans with regard to the al-Aqsa Mosque.\r\n\r\n\r\nElsewhere in his remarks, Haniyeh insisted that the results of the elections had to be respected, because the 2006 elections were marred by domestic and foreign opposition.\r\n\r\n“What is important to us is to take a clear and firm stance on the election results and accept them,” he said.\r\n\r\nGeneral elections are held throughout Palestine and include the presidential elections, which choose the head of the Palestinian Authority — an office currently held by President Mahmoud Abbas — and parliamentary elections or the Legislative Council elections.\r\n\r\nNo fixed date for holding the general elections has been announced yet.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nLast month, President Abbas delegated the head of the Central Elections Commission Hanna Naser to hold meetings with Palestinian factions to prepare for parliamentary elections.\r\n\r\nIn September, Haniyeh warned that the Israeli regime was seeking rifts among Palestinians and Palestinian resistance groups to distract them from their main priorities.","content_html":"
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Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas\u2019 Political Bureau chief, made the remarks during a speech he delivered at a press conference in Gaza City on Sunday, saying there was a national consensus on holding the planned general elections.<\/p>\n\n

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\u201cThe upcoming elections could push Palestinians out of the current deadlock and restore unity and strengthen the resistance front against the occupation,\u201d Haniyeh said, adding,\u00a0\u201cHamas will respect the results of the elections, and our Palestinian people are aware of their choices and we are not worried about the options of the ballot box.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

\u201cWe work with responsibility and power to put an end to divergences and achieve national reconciliation and establish a political system based on the principle of partnership,\u201d Haniyeh further said.<\/p>\n\n

He also said that Palestinian resistance groups and forces were working to implement a project of national liberation front to \u201cexpel Israeli occupiers\u201d and to regain Palestinian national rights throughout the Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n\n

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PressTV-Israel executing 3 dangerous plans for al-Aqsa: Hamas<\/a><\/div>\n\n

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A senior leader of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement warns that Israel is carrying out three dangerous plans with regard to the al-Aqsa Mosque.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

Elsewhere in his remarks, Haniyeh insisted that the results of the elections had to be respected, because the 2006 elections were marred by domestic and foreign opposition.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWhat is important to us is to take a clear and firm stance on the election results and accept them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n

General elections are held throughout Palestine and include the presidential elections, which choose the head of the Palestinian Authority \u2014 an office currently held by President Mahmoud Abbas \u2014 and parliamentary elections or the Legislative Council elections.<\/p>\n\n

No fixed date for holding the general elections has been announced yet.<\/p>\n\n

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Last month, President Abbas delegated\u00a0the head of the Central Elections Commission Hanna Naser to hold meetings with Palestinian factions to prepare for parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n\n

In September, Haniyeh warned that the Israeli regime was seeking rifts among Palestinians and Palestinian resistance groups to distract them from their main priorities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2019-11-11 09:40:22","content_date_finish":"2019-11-11 09:40:22","content_date_register":"2019-11-11 09:41:18","content_date_last_edit":"2019-11-11 09:41:46","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"1771463486","attach_date_register":"2019-11-11 09:41:16","attach_id":"6550","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"650","attach_img_height":"365","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"1235","visit_date_last":"2024-11-02 08:03:40","attach_title":"General elections necessary for restoring unity: Hamas 2","node_title":"Favorite,Important,News,Ordinary","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":98, \"left\":2, \"right\":11},{\"node_id\":125, \"left\":62, \"right\":63},{\"node_id\":126, \"left\":64, \"right\":65},{\"node_id\":127, \"left\":66, \"right\":67}]","node_number":"4","allowable_node":"4"}]]